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...ugh that the liquid takes a reasonable time to evaporate in the conditions Luna's outdoor environment. This liquid can be alloyed with a powdered addition
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...about 3840 meters (2.4 miles) is more than they use at White Sands, but on Luna that length would be helpful for reducing launch acceleration in this examp
...ng a plastic sabot wear away. Plastic sabots are more difficult to get on Luna. The power to inject hydrogen at high pressures during the launch of the p
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Heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) will need to be provided on Luna for lunar colonists.
...d for building HVAC systems on Earth, and keep in mind that the problem on Luna is much more difficult.
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There is a difficulty in getting rid of heat on Luna. There is no ambient atmosphere to blow through a cooling tower and no wat
...hat could cause leaks of radiator fluid. Such leaks would be expensive on Luna. If conduction cooling by contact with slabs lining the ditch is insuffici
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...nstrated the physical possibility of transporting people back and forth to Luna, the steps in lunar colonization include:
:2) explore Luna with robots taking note of the situation of all readily accessable resource
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...t ore of Titanium for terrestrial production. It is reasonably abundant on Luna, the greatest concentrations being found in the lunar maria.
...t in the Ilmenite require the least energy to reduce of any oxide found on Luna. Because of this property, together with the ease of extraction from lunar
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...This product is advertised to have a density of from 2.8 to 2.9 g/cm<sup>3</sup> a hardness of 8 Mohs a compressive strength of 400 to 450 MPa and tem
...miner.org/12301.html Bricks at moonminer.org]</ref> [[Corundum]] made on Luna could be used for abrasive machining of bricks. They can be ground flat and
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...ical but hydrogen and therefore water would still be rare and expensive on Luna.
...e flat hill would cool the greenhouse as other industrial installations on Luna will be cooled. Radiation of infrared can be indirect by reflection to pro
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...e most abundant mineral found in Apollo 11, 12, 14, and 15 samples and the Luna-16 and -24 samples [1, pg 123]. However, it's present in significant quanti
...yroxene minerals, ferrosilite (FeSiO<sub>3</sub>) and enstatite (MgSiO<sub>3</sub>). The pyroxene we need for iron will have either Fe<sup>+2</sup>Fe<su
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To provide people with one g acceleration by centrifuge on Luna, there needs to be about 99% of a g radially outward from a vertical axis a
...n any case it is not justified to write articles claiming that settlers on Luna would be stuck with one sixth g gravity.
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...http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general620.html]</nowiki> select 3 FEB 2010 for ''Trouble in the bio bubble''</ref>
...e is a possibility of practical recycling to meet all of settlers needs on Luna. The requirement on the moon is not that of complete material closure, but
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...e Chang'e-3 mission to the moon.<ref>[http://www.spaceflight101.com/change-3-mission-updates.html SPACEFLIGHT 101]</ref> It included the Yutu rover, al
...ientific instruments as planned.<ref>[http://www.spaceflight101.com/change-3-mission-updates.html SPACEFLIGHT 101]</ref>
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...Step 2: Place a circular construction frame at the end of the ditch. Step 3: Place sintered bricks in frame to form a circle of bricks that have been s
...humans on site will increase. So as development continues more people on Luna will take over tasks for which the problems of remote operation are especia
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...craft made on Earth. The cargo in the upper stage is a canister of helium 3. Helium is not yet used for fusion power, but a small amount is used for r
...resses that result from the day/night temperature change of the surface of Luna. Fiberglass shades like tents would shade the entire length of the rocket
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...ult in a loss of oxygen due to oxidation. However, oxygen is plentiful on Luna and experimentation will show if there is benefit to balance the cost. Som
Uniform bricks measuring 7.9 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm were produced by heating [[MLS-1]] [[Basalt]] for two hours at 1,100 d
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...gen is carried and converted to water with lunar oxygen or ice deposits on Luna must be mined for the water. The first steps of the lunar colonization cou
...ed ions needed are Ca<sup>2+</sup>, Mg<sup>2+</sup>, K<sup>+</sup>, NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> (nitrate), SO<sub>4</sub><sup>2−</sup> (sulfate), and H
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