Fringey Mini: Blood and urine for the space scientists!

Podcast: Journey to the Fringe · Journey to the Fringe

Opublikowano: 2026-08-05

We dive into a wild piece of space research showing that potato starch — yes, the same stuff in your pantry — can make concrete bricks on Mars or the moon that are twice as strong as the concrete we use on Earth. The University of Manchester team behind “StarCrete” found that potatoes outperform earlier experiments using astronaut blood and urine, offering a far more practical path to building off‑world habitats. We break down the science, the implications for future colonies, and the surprisingly emotional role human tears might still play in Martian construction. In this episode, we explore on...