We lack autonomous, self-healing materials for inflatable space habitat walls.
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Micrometeorite punctures or radiation micro-cracking can cause catastrophic slow pressure leaks in space habitats. Elastomeric polymers embedded with self-healing microcapsules need to be validated in orbit.
Citation ID: WS02119
Title: We lack autonomous, self-healing materials for inflatable space habitat walls.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=2119