Scientists: We Could Build Mars Shelters Out of Insect Polymers and Martian Soil – Futurism

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A team of researchers are suggesting we could use one of the most common organic polymers on Earth to construct shelters on Mars.
The material, called chitin, is produced and metabolized by most biological organisms and makes up the bulk of the cell walls in fungi, insect exoskeletons, and fish scales.
The team, led by Javier Fernandez from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, attempted to make the material by combining a fiber made from chitin with min…

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