Lunar

If you plan to move to the moon (something that seems possible in the coming decades, although initially only for scientists and convicts…), you won’t need to bring water with you. Chinese experts announced that after 3 years of experiments they have developed a technical process for producing water (and not only) from lunar soil.

Pay attention to the arrangement: With concave mirrors or special lenses, sunlight will heat up and melt the lunar soil, and will “release” the hydrogen which is stored there (in very large quantities). The hydrogen (due to high temperature) will react with the iron oxides which also exist in large quantities, and from this reaction oxygen will be released (which together with the hydrogen will form water vapor), while iron will also be produced. When the water vapor cools down, it will become liquid water stored in large tanks, while part of it through electrolysis will become oxygen (for the settlers to breathe) and hydrogen (as an energy source). The iron will have various uses, while whatever remains from the melted lunar soil will become bricks.

You should have no complaint: it’s a “circular economy,” where nothing goes to waste! Some extra jobs are also highlighted, crucial for maintaining lunar stations: robotic excavator operators, for example, since this very useful soil will have to be mined somehow.

The moon will be full… But even now, it’s full of craters…

cyborg #31 – 10/2024