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...or component of the study involved the use of automated [[self-replicating factories]] for lunar exploration and exploitation.

*There are two fictional visions of self-replicating industrial infrastructure that are near opposite ends in scale. In a story ...ld be imagining an industrial base something like Drexler's table top nano-factories. The industrial infrastructure would be set up in hours. It would support

[[Modular Factories from Earth]]<BR/>

...raw materials for production or spare parts for broken machines. Central factories could loose the ability to distribute their production to a sufficient cust

...coverable concentrations, and could export them to Luna and Earth orbiting factories. It has been suggested that importing goods from Ceres would be more econo ...moon is converted into tailings, during that time Luna and Earth orbiting factories should be churning out a great many solar power satellites, orbital habitat

...m at the conclusion of WWII when the Russians discovered the German rocket factories at Verdunn.

...ors to avoid radiation hazards. There will be indoor shielded pressurized factories and repair shops. There will be Lunar remote control consoles for those fu

...low cost transportation of materials from the moon. With these materials, factories in cis-lunar space can form large well shielded spacecraft for colonizing M