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by guard-of-terra 3723 days ago
I read about it as a child. On earth, molten metals readily lose gas by the force of gravity, but in space, you can easily make metal foams that will be very strong and light. Sounds like a good material for spacecrafts.

Also, how about glass foam? I imagine you can blow large and cheap hulls from foamed molten glass.

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bubbling asteroids :)