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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.
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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.
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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.
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