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it is designed to focus sunlight to generate temperatures above 1,300 degrees Celsius, thus melting lunar soil to create shaped bricks.
That is so fucking clever. Mad props to them.
That’s cool!
This is the first I thought of literally immediately after seeing the headline, so I’m not sure who clever it is.
They’re going to have a moon base whilst Elon is still trying to perfect his multiple ship moon travelling system.
The US got to the moon with one rocket in the 1960s, now Elon wants to use two ships for each journey… And the US will lose the space race letting him try.
The US got to the moon with one rocket in the 1960s
Yes, but they threw away the entire rocket each time. That’s why we haven’t been back since 1972. If orbital refueling with a fully reusble launch vehicle can be unlocked, that will be a game changer for space exploration. China would win the sprint but lose the marathon.
Also the fact space rendezvous havent even been achieved when the Apollo program begun. It wasnt until Gemini missions that proved it can be done. Until then, even the lander was being designed to ascent from the lunar surface and go home without any rendezvous maneuver. But that was scrapped for the more economical lunar module and command module design.
Is it a portal-able surface?
There is no need to be on the moon. Leave the beautiful thing be. It’s the property of every single human.
What I’m hearing is that I can start homesteading immediately
We’ve got ~600 years to sort it out … gotta bounce or we are toast.
