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In sci.physics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> wrote:
> Sегg io wrote:
> 
>> You go to the Moon.
>> 
>>     (no air, no water, no food, no cosmic ray protection, no laundry.)
> 
> Air can be produced, e.g. by plants, like on the ISS.
> 
> There is strong evidence to suggest that there is water on the Moon all over 
> the place, in minerals and as pellets and sheets of water ice (likely 
> brought in by meteoroid and asteroid impacts).
> 
> Space suits already have limited cosmic ray protection.  Space suits that 
> are now being developed for Mars will work fine on the Moon, too, with minor 
> modifications.
> 
> Laundry is not a problem once you have air and water, however it will be 
> more efficient to wear hydrophobic clothes that makes laundry unnecessary; 
> there are already examples of that in serial production, like t-shirts that 
> cannot get dirty.
>  
>>   You get to stay inside a CAN for your entire time.
> 
> That was not true then (where do you think do the Moon rocks on Earth come 
> from?) and is certainly not true now.
> 
> Besides, if you build a moon-dome to live in, you can extend that dome over 
> time.
>  
>>    You gotta take EVERYTHING WITH YOU.
> 
> No, there are natural resources there that can be used.  For example, if the 
> moonship had a fusion reactor, you could fuel it with the helium-3 that you 
> mine there.  The reactor could power machines like 3D printers.  Printed 
> parts can be used to build small machines.  Small machines can be used to 
> build bigger machines.  This is already being tested, on Earth, right now.

There are no working, practical, helium-3 reactor power plants.

3D printers take special material to print and can not print more than
one material at a time.

3D printers can't make things like electronics or even electrical components
like wire, switches, motors, and relays.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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