# Sculpting with Moon Dust NASA's Lunar Telescope By Bianca | Published 2008-06-11 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moon-dust-lunar-telescope-nasa References: [dsc.discovery](http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/09/lunar-telescope.html) It sounds romantic to use lunar dust as a tool for creation, but it's not just an ethereal dream. [NASA](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar1622) thinks they may actually be able to utilize the dust to construct a [lunar telescopes and light-collecting mirrors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/advanced-telescope-design), a device actually stationed on the moon. The moon dust would be mixed into a concrete-like paste that could be sculpted to form. "We believe we have found a way to turn moon dust into a telescope," confirms Peter Chen, an inventor from NASA's [Goddard Space Flight Center](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/black-hole-1). He's been experimenting with nanotubes, crumbled rocks with a similar form to lunar dust and 'glue-like epoxies'. "First we had something very gooey and smelly," Chen said, adding, "Then we had this very hard, very stable material like concrete." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.0/10 - Popularity: 2% | Activity: 20% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Lunar Dust Utilization:** NASA's use of lunar dust to construct telescopes and mirrors presents disruptive innovation opportunities for space exploration and astronomy industries. - **Nanotubes Experimentation:** Experimenting with nanotubes and crumbled rocks similar to lunar dust opens up disruptive innovation possibilities in material science and manufacturing industries. - **Concrete-like Paste Application:** The utilization of a concrete-like paste mixed with lunar dust for sculpting purposes offers disruptive innovation prospects in construction and architectural industries. ### Who This Affects Most - **Space Exploration:** The use of lunar dust in constructing telescopes and mirrors on the moon can bring disruptive innovation opportunities to the space exploration industry. - **Astronomy:** The utilization of lunar dust for telescope construction presents disruptive innovation potential for the astronomy industry. - **Material Science:** Experimenting with nanotubes and similar substances to lunar dust holds disruptive innovation possibilities for the material science industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Lunar Dust-Infused Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar1622.md) - [Lunar Material-Based Solar Cells](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar-dust.md) - [Meteorite Dust-Made Bricks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/european-space-agency-1.md) - [Moondust-Made Minimal Wristwatches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar1622-watch.md) - [Moon-Bound Architectural Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moonhouse-project.md) - [Space-Breaching Mirrorless Cameras](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/handheld-universal-lunar-camera.md) - [3D-Printed Moon Shelters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar-surface-base.md) - [First-Ever Outer Space Artworks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/selenian.md) - [Lunar-Based Rotating Pavilions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moon-pavilion.md)