"mooncrete" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1988, David F Nighbert, Timelapse, Headline, page 159",
          "text": "He gestured at the mooncrete. \"Great stuff, huh? And another case of the Builders showing off. They not only make us a moon; they make us one that will remain forever new.\"",
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          "ref": "2007, Allen Steele, Spindrift, London: Orbit, page 20",
          "text": "The driver slowed down to a crawl; the vehicle's inflated wheels bumped slightly as they moved onto a mooncrete ramp, then the bus began rolling downward toward a pair of double doors.",
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          "ref": "2017 March, Werner Grandl, “Human life in the Solar System”, in REACH, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10",
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          "ref": "2019 July 25, Tate Jacaruso, “Thanks To A Miami Researcher We Might Actually Be Building A Habitable Base On The Moon Soon”, in Narcity, archived from the original on 2021-06-14",
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