> To make long-term presence on the Moon viable, we need abundant electrical power. We can make power systems on the Moon directly from materials that exist eve

> To make long-term presence on the Moon viable, we need abundant electrical power. We can make power systems on the Moon directly from materials that exist everywhere on the surface, without special substances brought from Earth. We have pioneered the technology and demonstrated all the steps. Our approach, Blue Alchemist, can scale indefinitely, eliminating power as a constraint anywhere on the Moon. There's a missing step in there - the production of solar cells on the lunar surface. Having the materials to do so is one thing, but being able to manufacture them to spec on the surface of the moon is another. The article only lightly touches on this. Still, this is a surprising achievement from an organization I didn't even know did chemistry.