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Generally the plan is to put down a pad once you've got the first ship there. There's some cool NASA concepts around for what is basically a household microwav

Generally the plan is to put down a pad once you've got the first ship there. There's some cool NASA concepts around for what is basically a household microwave with wheels that melts the regolith into a ceramic type material. https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/35319/can-you-really-melt-lunar-regolith-with-microwaves https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/35319/can-you-real...

aaron_m04 5y ago
How well does regolith absorb microwaves?
- janto 5y ago
  According to the parent comment's link "Tiny specks of metallic iron (Fe0) are embedded in each dust particle's glassy shell [...] microwaves melt lunar soil in less time than it takes to boil a cup of tea"
  - aaron_m04 5y ago
    That's unexpectedly convenient for this plan!