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What if, just hear me out, what if the end goal is to use this process one the moon where the input stuff is abundant and the output is going at premium rate?
by NullPrefix 6y ago
What if, just hear me out, what if the end goal is to use this process one the moon where the input stuff is abundant and the output is going at premium rate?
- Invictus0 6y agoThe parent is obviously being sarcastic.
- satvikpendem 6y agoThat is not obvious from the parent comment at all.
- Traster 6y agoI hereby confirm I was being sarcastic, I really would like an answer to the second part though.
- ct520 6y agoNot sure why this makes me laugh, maybe because I know all to well how you got to be explicit with development teams. On serious note isn’t there some type of future plan to put nuclear reactors on the moon in this decade?
- abnry 6y agoConfirmation not accepted unless notarized.
- garmaine 6y agoI haven’t read the original article, but there have been processes for extracting oxygen from lunar regolith for a half century now. I’m not sure what’s new about this one. In general these processes are energy intensive because they involve temperatures high enough to melt rock. On the Earth that is difficult to achieve because you need to keep the furnace hot. On the Moon with its hard vacuum, a large chunk of rock moved onto insulating material doesn’t radiate much heat. So all you’d need, really, is a large parabolic mirror. The Sun is your power source.
- freen 6y agoThe failure mode of sarcasm is either asshole or idiot. Generally speaking, it’s a high risk, low reward mode.
- hinkley 6y agoWhat stops solar collectors on earth from working consistently is atmospheric interference diffusing the light. If you can figure out how to avoid creating dust clouds on the moon, which is not a small if, solar concentrators could provide a lot of the heat for the process, reducing the power needs to the electrochemical part.
- anoncake 6y agoI think "on a more serious note" implies that what precedes it isn't serious.
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- nojokes 6y agoHe was obviously sarcastic.