Chitin has been proposed for use in building structures, tools, and other solid objects from a composite material, combining chitin with Martian regolith. To build this, the biopolymers in the chitin are suggested as the binder for the regolith aggregate to form a concrete-like composite material. The authors believe that waste materials from food production (e.g. scales from fish, exoskeletons from crustaceans and insects, etc.) could be put to use as feedstock for manufacturing processes.
chitin has been proposed for use in building structures tools and other solid objects from a composite material combining chitin with martian regolith to build this the biopolymers in the chitin are suggested as the binder for the regolith aggregate to form a concrete-like composite material the authors believe that waste materials from food production (eg scales from fish exoskeletons from crustaceans and insects etc) could be put to use as feedstock for manufacturing processes