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Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by MichaelMoser123 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:53AM (#18912001)
Shielding off radiation is hard too, on Earth you gave an atmosphere and a magnetosphere. On the Moon or Mars its much harder to do the shield effectively
Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by rbanffy on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @11:00AM (#18912064)
There are some caves on the moon that provide shielding and, probably, water since they have perpetual shadow inside them. They can be very attractive places to build future colonies.
Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by Symmetry on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @11:12AM (#18912179)
And if you don't have caves you can just pile dirt on top of your habitats. Dirt is one potential export from a lunar settlement. Everywhere outside the Van Allen Belt needs radiation shielding and dirt doesn't mind being violently accelerated in a mass driver.
Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by rbanffy on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:09PM (#18912715)
Dirt is abundant near every solid surface. Not sure it's a valuable commodity but regolith glass would be more interesting. I'm curious about the metallurgical processes we can do easily on the moon.
Re:China's Moon mission sees first seeds sprout by stcredzero on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @02:20PM (#18914018)
Making glass and aluminum should be relatively easy on the surface of the moon.