中国科学家烧制出“月壤砖” ！网友：“搬砖”搬到月球了

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我们日常生活中的建筑用砖一般有红砖、青砖以及混凝土砖，但你听说过“月壤砖”吗？所谓“月壤砖”，是我国科学家模拟月壤成分烧制而成的，拟用于未来建造月球基地。再过一段时间，这种“月壤砖”就将搭乘“天舟八号”货运飞船飞向中国空间站，到太空去做暴露实验。

Chinese scientists recently introduced an innovative brick type that they hope will be used to build the world’s first base and inhabitable houses on the surface of the moon in the near future.

中国科学家最近介绍了一种创新砖型，他们希望在不久的将来，这种砖将用于在月球表面建造世界上第一个月球基地和可居住房屋。

Earlier this year, China became the first country to land a probe on the dark side of the moon and bring it back with valuable soil samples, and putting people on the moon appears to be the next logical step. However, China is already planning for the day when we’ll be able to build bases and other buildings on the Earth’s natural satellite, and to that end, it has developed a special type of brick designed to handle both physical pressure and high levels of radiation from the sun. The “moon soil bricks” will be sent to the moon to be tested until the end of next year.

今年早些时候，中国成为第一个在月球背面着陆探测器并带回宝贵土壤样本的国家，将人类送上月球似乎是顺理成章的下一步。然而，中国已经在为有朝一日我们能够在地球的天然卫星（月球）上建造基地和其他建筑做准备，为此，中国研发了一种特殊的砖，可以承受物理压力和来自太阳的高水平辐射。“月壤砖”将被送往月球进行测试，直到明年年底。

Moon soil bricks were developed by a team of experts at the National Digital Construction Technology Innovation Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. They have a mortise and tenon structure (榫卯结构) to make them easier to assemble and are meant to simulate the composition of lunar soil. However, experts claim that it is essential for moon soil bricks to have certain properties. For example, the compressive strength of lunar soil bricks is more than three times that of ordinary red bricks and concrete bricks, which is equivalent to being able to resist a weight of more than one ton per square centimeter. Also, since there is a large amount of cosmic radiation on the moon, researchers want to understand whether lunar soil bricks can resist the effects of cosmic radiation on the moon.

月壤砖是由华中科技大学国家数字建筑技术创新中心的专家团队研发的。它们采用榫卯结构，更容易组装，旨在模拟月球土壤的成分。然而，专家称，月壤砖必须具有某些特性。例如，月壤砖的抗压强度是普通红砖和混凝土砖的三倍以上，相当于每平方厘米能够承受1吨以上的重量。此外，由于月球上有大量的宇宙辐射，研究人员想了解月壤砖是否能抵抗月球上宇宙辐射的影响。

The world’s first moon soil bricks will be sent to the Chinese space station on the Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft. They will be tested extensively until the end of next year when Chinese scientists hope to know whether the new bricks are fit for lunar development.

世界第一块月壤砖将由天舟八号货运飞船运送到中国空间站。它们将在明年年底前接受广泛测试，届时中国科学家希望知道这些新砖是否适合月球发展。