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Lego made bricks out of meteorite dust and they’re on display at select stores

Lego made some bricks out of meteorite dust and they’re on display at select stores. It’s part of an initiative to test how well moondust would work as a lunar building material.

The Danish brickmaker has teamed up with the European Space Agency(ESA) to make Lego pieces from actual meteorite dust. "Nobody has built a structure on the Moon, so it was great to have the flexibility to try out all kinds of designs and building techniques with our space bricks. Recent designs for lunar habitats have ranged from something resembling a mobile home to full-fledged inflatable villages.

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