...n story or computer game, reviewing key historic and scientific locations, or scouting a destination for a mission you would like to lead.
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...les) surface through a process sometimes referred to as "impact gardening" or "space weathering." It is estimated that the regolith varies in thickness
...rchangeably. The dusty, abrasive portion is referred to as [[Lunar Dust]] or "Fines."
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...location. The phrase is from the Latin ''in situ'', meaning "at the site", or "in place." ISRU can be categorized into production of materials useful at
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...the substances used in the manufacture of terrestrial propellants are rare or nonexistent in the lunar environment. Hence, this issue has produced a numb
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...t. If remedies are found to allow a rover to be fully functional for four or more months, it will have been learned that not only are such remedies effe
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...mple of reduction is that of reducing ore (in the form of a metallic oxide or sulfide) to metal. Chemically, reduction reactions are always paired with
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...on at one end. Connected to this is a long tent like hall running in more or less a straight line for up to 100 meters. The hall is covered with 2.5 me
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...cellent corrosion resistance and durability. Measured either in quantity or value, aluminum's use exceeds that of any other metal except iron, and it i
...lle process. Alternatives include ion-sputtering, carbothermal reduction, or an adaptation of the [[FFC Cambridge Process]].
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...sparent solid which may be found in crystalline or amorphous form. Silica or silicate is the primary constituent of [[glass]]. While a form of glass ca
...constitutes more than 25% of the Earth's crust. Silica (SiO2) as quartz or quartzite is used to produce silicon ferroalloys and silicon metal. Deman
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...soybeans and other legumes, recover nitrogen directly from the atmosphere or from the soil in a process know as "fixation," whereby the plant incorporat
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...le by entering the name “Google moon”. (“moon” alone will not work well.) Or your can enter the address directly. It is: http://www.google.com/moon/
Select zoom level 4. The seas or mares are clearly visible as are the rayed craters. Now click the elevatio
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...'' will be important as industrial sites become active and colonies become or begin to work towards independence.
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...pure Chromium, or could be used directly for production of stainless steel or other iron alloys.
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...ity that produces dark glass; glass containing iron will be yellow, brown, or black depending on the iron content. (For example, obsidian, a naturally-fo
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...process chemistry does not require finding any particular mineral source, or beneficiation of the soil to enhance the content of a particular mineral.
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The official process may be constrained by political or bureaucratic limitations and therefore unable to address some of the hard q
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...ite flowers. I use it fresh in salads, as a garnish in a glass of sambvca or tea, and When finely diced it is an excellent addition to steamed and butte
...erbed veloute (stock or fumet based white sauce) which is served over fish or poultry.
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...the bottom of the blimp serving to anchor the blimp and allowing the pilot or pilot and copilot could enter. The blimp door and access area door would b
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**12.33 year half life. Undergoes Beta Decay to become [[Helium 3]]([[He3]] or [[He3|<sup>3</sup>He]])
...for any volatiles that happen to pass into them, whether from comet impact or ongoing creation via the solar wind. As a result, they contain significant
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...rough or paved surface in a vehicle or to mix your material with a liquid or gas and send it through a pipe.
...mping the track. All materials would be securely fastened with either lids or binding clamps.
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...y very near the horizon. Occasionally, it may be blocked by mountain tops or local installations such as other power collectors. During the dark local
...or or dynamo. Two popular cycles for Solar Dynamic are [[Brayton Cycle]] or [[Stirling Cycle]]. Solar Dynamic systems employ a large reflector to f
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...get ever colder. [[Venus]] was imagined to be a hot, steamy jungle planet, or perhaps a planet covered completely with a hot global ocean. His keen inter
...’s rocks: it literally means (in Greek and German, respectively) Rock Cook or Rock Chef!
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...recruited into the Libertarian Party by the late Ron Crickenburger in 1989 or 1990 while at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
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...daytime temperatures get higher than the melting point of sodium, an iron or aluminum pipe filled with sodium would make a good electrical conductor.
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...comes from radioactive decay of Potassium-40 deep within the lunar mantle or core, and that the Argon-40 seeps out to the surface via fissures. This [
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...e with oxygen, any use in this manner would be limited to the lunar vacuum or areas containing an inert atmosphere.
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...on. As it is one of the main industrial metal, it will either be imported or replaced by [[aluminum]]. Replacement of copper by aluminum on Earth has b
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...tope (<sup>209</sup>Bi) has a half-life of about 1.9*10<sup>19</sup> years or ten-thousand-million-billion years. That is a time so long that only a sma
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...]]. Deep penetrating impact basins away from this region show only modest or no KREEP concentrations in their ejecta and rims.
...icked up in the ejecta or "splash out" produced in impacts taking place on or in close proximity to [[basalt|basaltic]] lava flows, as well as in major i
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...ning serious revenue to begin defraying the costs. Eventually, 100 miners or more would be desirable to begin turning a healthy profit. As with most th
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...injury. An [[accident]] is an example of a mishap, so are [[infection]]s, or chronic exposure to toxic agents.
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...o be insulating [[conduits]]. Such conduits could be made from ceramics, or [[silicon polymers]]. There is unlimited [[Silicon|silicon]] on the Moon.
...s, or [[sleeving]] material, then via a process such as [[heat-shrinking]] or [[extrusion]], attach the Earth-made insulation to lunar-made wires.
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...s, or [[sleeving]] material, then via a process such as [[heat-shrinking]] or [[extrusion]], attach the Earth-made insulation to lunar-made wires.
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...raining. Others will go to the Moon with specific intentions, like mining or settlement.
They may be called "Mooners" or "Luners".
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...o maintain the temperature of electronic equipment. These may need shades or louvers.
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*Many may be cranes or other construction equipment
*Some robots are stationed at (or are built into) the air lock doors
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...t is ingested into the human body, the particles will lay directly on lung or intestine tissue and are carcinogenic. Ingestion of the dust must therefor
...ire high KREEP region is not acceptable for any long-term human settlement or manned mining operation.
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...nit is too unwieldy to be practical, the output can be reduced so that two or three units are needed for this output.
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..., or lunar settlement, is a proposed establishment of human settlements in or on the Moon's surface. Habitation of lunar land could potentially benefit
...d also allow emergency supplies to quickly reach a Moon colony from Earth, or allow a human crew to evacuate relatively quickly from the Moon to Earth in
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...istance, making each grain fall at the same rate regardless of its density or size.
...charged material is then separated using a charged plate, either as a drum or in a gravitationally assisted separation chamber, as is done in magnetic be
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...inverting the equation gives the maximum day-time high on the Moon: 394 K or about 120 degrees C.
...er you are at the equator during lunar morning or evening, near the poles, or looking at a rock face sharply angled to the horizontal, the surface temper
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...or not the final NMR imaging will be worth the extra cost of the helium-3 or if it will make it too expensive to be competitive with a regular MRI. Wit
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* Reject, handle, or avoid large rocks and craters
* Be controlled from Earth, Moon, or by itself
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* Customize the station or buy it customized
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...and astronauts does not hit the inflatable walls. There can be a ramp and/or ladder up to the airlock, which is on the rotational axis.
Doing some of the experiments while sitting down or lying down (eg. the daily 8 hours of sleep) could reduce this effect and ma
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* Is the 7 passenger Dragon spacecraft big enough to ship up a 2 or 3 person crew plus several months worth of supplies?
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...ge. A rotating space station needs to be of a sufficiently large diameter or consist of components mounted in a "dumbbell" arrangement.
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...probably hold the fine dust. The seals must push this mix out of the way or withstand this extremely abrasive paste for a very long time. A blow out o
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...l Mechanisms]]). We must assume that we have a good product at this point or the project would simply not get this far.
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...siness Plans List]] and think of a name for the idea; something short, one or two words that are easy to guess and easy to remember. This will serve as
...for the first line and the second line: “Near-Term Business Plan Summary” or a reference to another scenario.
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...tions, primarily language. A meme can exist in a society for a short time or for an amazingly long time.
...e the problems. For example, the idea that Earth is our only proper home, or the idea that space exploration is an expensive waste. These types of cult
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...to harvest from the moon than other [[NEO]]s. KREEP may prove profitable, or it may simply be used for cost reduction (not having to pay shipping from o
...then added to the mix that either move the desired materials into solution or cause them to form a froth of bubbles on top of the solution.
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...rhaps we are looking for those few people. Or maybe they just got lucky. Or maybe their vision let a new idea come into being.
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...term stable lunar orbit, either you have to maintain considerable altitude or you have to choose from a limited number of low orbits that happen to balan
...t for additional mass delivered. The transit time may be a few extra days or even weeks longer than manned flights. If an ion drive transfer rocket is
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...le bases on the Moon will either use [[Solar Power]] or [[Nuclear Power]] (or both).
...to both mechanical and electrical power through the use of a steam turbine or Stirling cycle engine.
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...comes from radioactive decay of [[Potassium]] deep within the lunar mantle or core, and that the Argon-40 seeps out to the surface via fissures. This ven
...osals include smaller vehicle processing or the use of collection vehicles or other means for bringing regolith to a stationary processing facility.
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** Automatic SOS signal in case of loss of consciousness or heart attack
* Vocal or hand signal computer interface, as most keyboards are gone
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* [http://www.treitel.org/Richard/rass/stalk05.html Would a beanstalk (or "skyhook") be possible on the moon?]
...in the [[CyberTeams]] MOO Server. MOO stands for "MUD (Multi-User Domain, or Multi-User Dungeon) Object Oriented." The CyberTeams MOO Server is based on
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...velengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz.
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...s'', or without water. This was more profound than the lack of groundwater or permafrost; the water that is incorporated in many minerals on Earth was co
...pector's neutron radiation data. Lunar Prospector observed the background or cosmic neutron radiation and the neutron radiation from the moon as it orbi
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...or Lunar development is the pressure inside your [[Space suit|space suit]] or habitat. Here is a listing of the relative pressures of other environments
|Leadville Colorado, 10196 ft, or 3107 meters
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...es very apparent with bodies of larger mass, such as a moon, planet, star, or galaxy. According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, it is a conse
...less noticeable is the pull smaller objects, such as gas, people, animals, or satellites have on the Earth. This is because the Earth's mass is significa
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The purpose of these controversial questions is not to come to final answers or even to reach consensus. It is simply to explore the breadth of opinion in
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...out past the edge of civilization without a good idea of the dangers there or even how to make a living. We will send people knowledgeable and prepared.
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...tration of 1/2% this would yield about a kilogram of iron per square meter or 1,000 tons per km2. This is a very high yield of usable material close to a
...th into a suitable liquid, then allowing the rocky dust (mostly [[Basalt]] or similar) to float and the iron particles to sink.
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...he Moon which are exposed to the extreme day/night temperature variations, or equipment which operates over a wide temperature range." -permanent.com <re
...s an electrical conductor on Earth. On Luna in a vacuum, inert atmosphere or reducing atmosphere it could serve as an electrical conductor.
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...believe they were afraid that they would be blamed if anything was broken or went missing. I am certain they did not understand what we were doing.
...by to have a talk. After some polite conversation he would ask a question or offer to sell us some local produce.
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...dred tons of mass. Smaller objects are considered [[Meteorite|Meteorites]] or [[Comet Debris]].
...evelopment the main questions boil down to these two: 1)What chance do you or your base stand of getting hit by one? 2)Are the asteroids a better source
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...nergy and move down slope. It settles into a valley and then can osculate or even execute a random walk around the floor of the valley. It does not mat
...is that we must investigate every conceivable incident no mater how small, or that we should '''not''' name our spacecraft with any word that starts with
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...twice atmospheric pressure under the same conditions normally. A [[steel]] or [[titanium]] structure could be made sufficiently strong to withstand these
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Having a right to religion, or to no religion, will help insure diversity in the lunar population. The min
...stly about free, bidirectional communication with Earth. If the government or the company can control that then they can spin problems any way they want.
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...for the faint-of-heart! You can either see these challenges as disasters, or you can see them as opportunities. The winners will see them as opportuniti
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...for the [[Phase II Settlement]] further inside the lava tubes, housing 200 or more people.
...ing the direct [[magma electrolysis|electrolysis]] of molten [[regolith]], or the indirect [[electrolysis]] of water derived from [[Ilmenite Reduction|hy
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...it. Additionally only one pivot connection needs to be made for electrical or plumbing connections which cuts down on maintenance costs. This design is w
...ic piston in accordion fold type sleeve that holds a pound per square inch or so of gas pressure around the hydraulic piston so the lubricant does not ev
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...all. It will need to be imported for air for colonists to breathe. Argon or helium can be substituted for nitrogen, but they may be more expensive than
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...anometers, or approximately one tenth of the diameter of a droplet of mist or fog.
...e sharp points and edges. These grains have never been weathered by water or rolled by wind which would remove sharp edges.
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**Early or Late July -- the Lunar conference where the [[Moon Society]] was formally o
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...factors including technical, price, and schedule. The agency may make one or more awards per task order." <ref name="SPD1" />.
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...eant the President was not interested in our plans following the moon shot or our rocket team’s future.
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...vances in mathematics and science like the works of Pythagoras and Newton, or Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity.
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...block all progress. All the other problems then become nothing but smoke or red herrings. Spotting and solving Show Stoppers is one of the great skills
The NASA-sponsored Return to the Moon could be terminated, scaled back, or otherwise changed in a way that would make it simply a colossal waste of mo
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...n, are held under some license such as GFDL or a Creative Commons variant, or are held with all rights reserved by a third party and may only be used in
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...elp on this project, try writing a business plan for any of these concepts or one of your own. For tips on writing a business plan see [[Business Plan f
...|electromagnetic launching system]] that effectively gets the oxygen to L2 or circular orbit without using more than a minor amount of maneuvering fuel.
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...her [[Volatiles]]. The settlement would be located at either of the poles or at the equator. The settlement would ideally be started immediately follow
..., facilities will be available for some form of recreation, be it exercise or what have you.
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...it easier to go along with the program than to get rid of an inconvenient or unauthorized item by simply flushing it. Personnel will have access to a w
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...on Terror. Either we find effective ways to address the terrorist problem or we will have to wait more decades to return to the Moon while current histo
If our enemies use examples of trash from our culture, be it strip malls or porn stars, to condemn us, it is time to bring forward the very best our so
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...utilizes resources in the most efficient manner, using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness. The 5 main concepts of economics are
The economy of the individual or firms.
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We cannot repeat Apollo. We must develop commercial operations on the Moon or there is simply no reason to go back.
...requirements suggest a system of optical stations around the world. Four or five Earth stations should do and they can be easily integrated with existi
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...ike as we cross over the top of this curve, as we drop down the back side, or as we reach a sustainable value. One likely course is that we will keep ou
There is an abundance of deuterium, or hydrogen-2, in the ocean that could be used for fusion fuel. Its problem is
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...tations and therefore unable to lay a solid foundation for its predictions or to address some of the hard questions that lie in our path. This paper has
...without thought the visions of people who are promoting one savior concept or technology. In the end, we need a view of the future that can serve as the
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...subject, '''weapons''' -- manufactured or improvised; officially permitted or otherwise -- are a fact of life that will need to be addressed.
...pressurized hull with hard vacuum on the other side and potentially dozens or more people at risk of decompression from even an accidental discharge. Fur
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...hed can be higher than the escape velocity of most planets for long tracks or high accelerations.
**With an acceleration of 2g, or 20 km/s the time required is 2000/20 = 100 seconds
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...sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harv
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...o the brick surface and is left to harden. An important point is that one or another process for lunar development will not work as imagined, but when t
...in titanium metallurgy, in which casting can be done in an argon, hydrogen or helium atmosphere. Argon would be preferred for lower thermal conductivity
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...er must either be made to endure 354 hour days followed by 354 hour nights or be considered a [[Throwaway Rovers|disposable rover]]. If we can not build
...ould survive the day. The rover using such a radiator would best have six or more legs, so it could walk any direction without changing its heading.
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...pachinko] pins. A large enough number of electrons through the dual slits or pachinko balls through the set of pins will be distributed statistically ac
...tron is bound to an atom, molecule or crystal, it is always in one orbital or another. The orbitals are more restricted in space than free electrons. T
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