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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 years ago

Wild Experiment Shows How Lasers Could Be Used to Build Moon Roads

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Wild Experiment Shows How Lasers Could Be Used to Build Moon Roads

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 3 years ago
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Driving around on the Moon is not, one could say, the safest possible ride.
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      Moonorail.

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      I agree, but construction vehicles still need to get around

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    A Texas company, featured in this 60 Minutes clip, has already been contracted by NASA to build roads and much more on the moon.

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    So the 100 billion dollar question? Are we going to call them “Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways”?

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    It’s also possible to sinter lunar dust with microwaves, since lunar dust contains a small quantity of nickel-iron powder from pulverized meteors. There have been proposals to make roads with that process too.

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