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Re:Abundant water likely to exist under ‘moon rabbit,’ Japan... by drzaiusapelord on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:26PM (#17076972)
You'd have to lay insulation against the ice so you can have a warmer interior, but that's still a pretty good mass savings. You'd use ice for the heavy structural elements and then only lift the lighter stuff.
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Re:Abundant water likely to exist under ‘moon rabbit,’ Japan... by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @03:46PM (#17077189)
The more pressure you put on ice, the more it wants to turn into liquid. So your "heavy structural elements" can't be bearing too much weight.
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Re:Abundant water likely to exist under ‘moon rabbit,’ Japan... by dotancohen on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @04:46PM (#17077727)
On the moon, it could bear six times the mass it would bear on Earth.
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