Space agency: Human urine could help make concrete on Moon The European Space Agency says human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the MoonTonight is the 'super flower moon,' but is it a true 'supermoon'? The Associated PressBERLIN -- The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the Moon. The agency said researchers in a recent study it sponsored found that urea, the main organic compound in urine, would make the mixture for a “lunar concrete” more malleable before it hardens into its sturdy final form. The main ingredient in “lunar concrete” would be a powdery soil found on the Moon’s surface known as lunar regolith. “This is very practical, and avoids the need to further complicate the sophisticated water recycling systems in space.”

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