Space food keeps getting more like the food we eat at home on the earth. In the past, astronauts could eat only freeze-dried food. But now the space station has water, microwave ovens and fridges. So astronauts can eat more usual kinds of food, like fruit, vegetables and ice cream!
To avoid the use of expensive pre-curing ovens, this curing ability can be built-in to the adhesive, but it requires a lot of testing and some impressive chemistry. The best place to use a structural adhesive is in a location where the primary forces are either compression, where the ...