I think the blood takes a bit more time to renew? Or are they expecting, uh, a bit more sacrifice...
>> "Astronauts probably don't want to be living in houses made from scabs and urine," he said in a statement.
For space use I always wondered about how one could slice up nickel iron asteroids into 50x50x100cm blocks and then start building things out of those. Assuming you can do a clean cut the surface wouldn't oxidize so they should just contact weld back together.
Slicing process left as an exercise to the reader.
https://www.sciencealert.com/using-biosolids-for-bricks-coul...
CoRncrete: A corn starch based building material https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41752020 - Today (53 comments)
> Recently, corn starch was employed as a binder for inorganic aggregates such as sand and limestone powder. Termed CoRncrete, these materials displayed impressive compressive strengths as high as 30 MPa; however, moisture sensitivity remained a key weakness for practical Earth-based applications.
> Having extremely limited amounts of water, the issue of moisture sensitivity is irrelevant for the Lunar and Martian environments – meaning a CoRncrete-like material could be well-suited for extraterrestrial construction. Furthermore, since starch is the primary constituent of staple foods such as rice, potatoes, and maize (corn), any sustained off-world habitat will likely have the capability to produce starch as food for inhabitants. To mitigate risks such as crop failure or poor yields, a surplus of starch will likely be produced under ordinary conditions: the use of surplus starch as a binder for regolith would therefore avoid the need for additional construction material fabrication equipment and supporting infrastructure.
I think someone from the IgNobel award committee wrote that headline?