Compacted Soil before It Was Cut into a Brick (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Compacted Soil before It Was Cut into a Brick

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Researchers compacted Mars simulant under pressure in a cylindrical, flexible rubber tube. This is what the result of the experiment looked like before it was cut into bricks.

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Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego

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