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Developing remote controled industry on the moon would be helped by some experience in remote controled industry on Earth.  Some industries on Earth are dangerous and difficult for workers, and therefore good candidates for gaining experience with remote controled industry.  These include coal mining in anaerobic conditions and in underwater digging and earth moving.  
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Developing remote controlled industry on the moon is helped by experience in remote controlled industry on Earth.  Some industries on Earth are dangerous and difficult for workers, and some of these gained experience with remote controled industry.  The painting of parts for assembly in various manufacturing industries uses many robots in environments that are not suitable for people.  Workers control things from outside the paint booth.  Some dangerous work in mining has been given over to robots.
 
   
 
   
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In deep anaerobic  coal mines air is pumped into the mine for the workers to breath.  The ventilation must be continually refreshed.  This creates the additional danger of explosion.  At great depths cooling is required for human health.  In changing over to remote controled machine mining, the workers would stay safely on the surface at control consols.  No air would be pumped into the mine eliminating the danger of explosion.  Machines do not need to be as greatly cooled as humans so the cooling problem is reduced.  Machines can be designed to be resistant to dirty environments so people would not be subject to black lung disease and the general discomfort of working in dirt. Remote controled coal mines are not intended to replace all human coal miners, only those with the worst conditions for human health.  The main purpose is to develop experience in remote controled industry to better know how to develop remote controled mines on the moon.  Particularlly deep, hot gold mines and diamond mines are other candidates for remote operation.  
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The mining of methane clathrates at the ocean bottoms could benefit from the use of some remote controlled devices at the ocean bottom.  While clathrate mining does not seem ripe for big profits immediately, methane produces less CO<sub>2</sub> per unit energy than coal, and energy markets could change at any time.  
 
   
 
   
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The mining of methane clathrates at the ocean bottoms could benefit from the use of some remote controlled devices at the ocean bottom.  While clathrate mining does not seem ripe for big profits immediately,  methane produces less CO<sub>2</sub> per unit energy than coal, and energy markets could change at any time.  
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The filling of undersea valleys and cutting through undersea hills could also benefit from the use of remote controlled devices at the ocean bottom in the process of laying level immersed tube tunnels.  Some under-sea handling of pipelines and cables is already done by remotely operated equipment.   
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All of the experiences of remote controlled industry on Earth should be collected and analyzed for the benefit of establishing remote controlled industry on the moon. 
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Humanity is almost ready to establish remotely controlled industry on the moon.  There still needs to be some research in the means of thermal control on the moon, the protection of machines from dust and the planning of the exact processes and marketing that will be the base of the industry. For example the handling of raw materials, processes and products in the [[FFC Cambridge Process|FFC process]] could be adapted to remote control on the moon. This would result in producing iron, titanium, nickel, aluminum, silicon, calcium, and magnesium from the regolith without the expense of maintaining life support for people to do the labor.  Calcium and magnesium and their alloys could be used as structural metals on the moon and in cis-lunar space since there is no ambient free oxygen to worry about.  People need practice using these materials in novel ways.  Constructing numerous solar power stations in geosynchronous orbit could provide the power to support Earth's population until space habitats and orbiting runways could prepare for emigration from Earth.  It will require careful marketing and timing of production to match the market.
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[[Progress in Remotely Operated Equipment]]
 
   
 
   
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The filling of undersea valleys and cutting through undersea hills could also benefit from the use of remote controlled devices at the ocean bottom in the process of laying level immersed tube tunnels.
 
 
   
 
   
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All of the experiences of remote controlled industry on Earth should be collected and analyzed for the benefit of establishing remote controlled industry on the moon.
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 9 December 2023

Remote Controlled Industry on Earth

Developing remote controlled industry on the moon is helped by experience in remote controlled industry on Earth. Some industries on Earth are dangerous and difficult for workers, and some of these gained experience with remote controled industry. The painting of parts for assembly in various manufacturing industries uses many robots in environments that are not suitable for people. Workers control things from outside the paint booth. Some dangerous work in mining has been given over to robots.

The mining of methane clathrates at the ocean bottoms could benefit from the use of some remote controlled devices at the ocean bottom. While clathrate mining does not seem ripe for big profits immediately, methane produces less CO2 per unit energy than coal, and energy markets could change at any time.

The filling of undersea valleys and cutting through undersea hills could also benefit from the use of remote controlled devices at the ocean bottom in the process of laying level immersed tube tunnels. Some under-sea handling of pipelines and cables is already done by remotely operated equipment.

All of the experiences of remote controlled industry on Earth should be collected and analyzed for the benefit of establishing remote controlled industry on the moon.

Humanity is almost ready to establish remotely controlled industry on the moon. There still needs to be some research in the means of thermal control on the moon, the protection of machines from dust and the planning of the exact processes and marketing that will be the base of the industry. For example the handling of raw materials, processes and products in the FFC process could be adapted to remote control on the moon. This would result in producing iron, titanium, nickel, aluminum, silicon, calcium, and magnesium from the regolith without the expense of maintaining life support for people to do the labor. Calcium and magnesium and their alloys could be used as structural metals on the moon and in cis-lunar space since there is no ambient free oxygen to worry about. People need practice using these materials in novel ways. Constructing numerous solar power stations in geosynchronous orbit could provide the power to support Earth's population until space habitats and orbiting runways could prepare for emigration from Earth. It will require careful marketing and timing of production to match the market.

See also

Progress in Remotely Operated Equipment


{{One Sided Article}} [[category:Robots]] [[category:POV]]

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