Bringing building materials to the moon would be costly. It would be better to just create materials on the Moon.
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1Microwaving the regolith is the usual solution – Jul 05 '18 at 08:05
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1This is a bit broad @opaque_dragon, and there's also significant material just a google search away, that's generally not a good combination for a question on this site. Is there something from your research you don't understand? – GdD Jul 05 '18 at 08:19
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1Here's what more concrete questions about concrete might look like 1) Mars: Readily usable sulfur for sulfur concrete? 2) What series of devices would you need to deliver to the Martian surface to manufacture concrete entirely in-situ? 3) How thick would a Marscrete structure need to be to provide adequate protection against radiation? 4) Are there relevant resources on the Moon for civil engineering? – uhoh Jul 05 '18 at 10:24
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1...5) Low energy cements for Mars and Callisto. Waterless cement for the Moon. Any good candidates? 6) What's required to construct a space port on the Moon or Mars? – uhoh Jul 05 '18 at 10:26
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- Expected differences between concrete prepared on the ISS and matched samples prepared on Earth?
– uhoh Jul 16 '18 at 05:39