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Wild Experiment Shows How Lasers Could Be Used to Build Moon Roads (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/space

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[–] remington 3 points 1 year ago

A Texas company, featured in this 60 Minutes clip, has already been contracted by NASA to build roads and much more on the moon.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It's also possible to sinter lunar dust with microwaves, since lunar dust contains a small quantity of nickel-iron powder from pulverized meteors. There have been proposals to make roads with that process too.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

So the 100 billion dollar question? Are we going to call them "Solar FREAKIN' Roadways"?