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From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Lunar Colony
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Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 16:09:04 EST
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> Forget draging the farmtools and small hand tools up with you
> (after the first batch - and even they are optional).  A good
> smith given reasonable ore and smelting facilities can make
> an astounding number of tools.

And, I imagin, produce an astounding amount of atmospheric pollution.
Since the available atmosphere is very small, you cannot disperse
things into it.  EVERY byproduct of your processes must be dealt
with.  The basic idea is very good though.  Bring tools that make
tools.  There was a study some time ago that identified a few dozen
tools that could be used to make almost any other industrial or agricultural
tool.  Unfortunately, I can't remember where the study came from.  I
think the California Space Institute had something to do with it.