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From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Lunar Mining
Message-ID: <465@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 19:32:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 27 19:32:30 1985
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Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA
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> 
>  As i remember it, the moon rocks had a high titanium content
> relative to earth rocks. Since titanium is strong, light, and
> can withstand high tempretures, it seems like building a titanium
> extractor using some of the solar mirrors would be useful.
> 
>  One problem of the moon is that solar stuff only works for
> two weeks out of every four. Anybody got any ideas on how to
> store energy for the two weeks the sun is down?
> 
> 		chris kostanick
> 		decvax!vortex!ism780!chris

     During the lunar day, focus sunlight on a patch of ground.
Two weeks later, by nightfall, you should have a big puddle of
molten rock.  Hold up your photovoltaics to it.  They work just
dandy in the near infra-red.        

Dani Eder / ssc-vax!eder / Boeing