...the lava tube walls to provide an airtight, shirt-sleeve environment. Some lunar lava tubes may be large enough to contain small cities. Living in a lava tu
...the Moon: Possible Lunar Base Habitats", in '''''The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century''''', W.W. Mendell, ed., NAS
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...Through the cooling of this ocean of magma KREEP was isolated from other lunar minerals, as explained below.
...buted global layer of KREEP magma, the [[Gamma Ray Spectrometer]] aboard [[Lunar Prospector]] shows that KREEP is mainly concentrated in the area of [[Ocean
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==A Lunar Polar Greenhouse==
...ial use. Hydrogen and perhaps some other volatiles would be mined from the lunar poles if practical but hydrogen and therefore water would still be rare and
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...and fiberglass. Capital investments can include larger antennas made from lunar materials for more communications band width. Wire lines can connect the p
...al systems are not set up to deal with these problems. That is the reason lunar development is begging on behalf of future generations for government fundi
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...the [[Moon]]. This is easier to understand with a scenario of a possible lunar use. Consider the following case:
...rom three materials, ([[Sodium]], [[Potassium]], and [[Iron]]) and is 100% lunar materials.
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...on of almost pure [[anorthosite]], the primitive rock type produced by the lunar magma ocean. This is the first discovery of a major exposure of anorthosite
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...(and possibly other materials) by the [[reduction]] of [[Lunar Regolith | lunar regolith]]. It is a form of [[In Situ Resource Utilization]].
In the basis process, [[fluorine]] is reacted with the lunar material at elevated temperature. The fluorine attacks the oxides, liberat
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==Lunar Industry==
*Glass Composites
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==Lunar Considerations==
...of the moon. More will be known about the quality of bricks possible from lunar materials when the research can be done on Luna. A possibility to consider
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...with regolith. Spray the interior with a layer of locally produced liquid glass and then with a layer of locally produced liquid [[aluminum]]. Then fill t
...is left to harden. An important point is that one or another process for lunar development will not work as imagined, but when this is discovered in testi
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...sms if we are to build a successful settlement on the [[Moon]]. The harsh lunar environment makes many of these very challenging designs.
The factors making machine design difficult in the lunar environment include:
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...ternal Light<ref> Peak of Eternal Light article at Wikipedia </ref> at the Lunar North Pole. Access to sunlight for solar power for the whole local summer
...e. A power station atop a 2000 foot tower could provide power through the lunar polar winter, but that would be no cinch either.
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...f little interest but it did prove that veins of minerals can occur in the lunar regolith. There were many volcanoes on the Moon and a few vents are suspec
Another possible source of lunar ore deposits is meteorite strikes. This is the predominately geologic proc
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metals, glass and/or ceramic into small parts that can fit
mills and extruders with lunar materials rather than ship
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==Lunar Needs==
...ture, and will have to import many goods such as electronics and medicine. Lunar settlements are in a good position to supply some of these needs, as the en
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...Lunarpedia category list of every conceivable way we have thought of for a lunar settlement to make money. We do not know what ideas will actually work so
...nd [[Mid-Term Business Scenario]], to give a good idea of the state of the lunar settlement at the time the business plan is being put forward.
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==Economical Carbon Use and Process Synergies in Early Lunar Development==
...t explores some of the possibilities for doing both in the early stages of lunar development.
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...iction, and cohesion have been characterized and fall within the ranges of lunar [[mare]] soil samples.
...oximates a low-[[titanium]] mare soil, and contains a high percentage of [[glass]].
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...The threats caused by lunar dust are probably the most difficult problem lunar settlers will face.
...e regolith is made of mineral grains, largely of the local rock, with some glass and metal particles.
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