Fraser Cain on Nostr: Once there's a permanent station on the Moon, it'll serve as a permanent base of ...

Once there's a permanent station on the Moon, it'll serve as a permanent base of operations, providing resources for the further exploration of the Solar System. Water ice is a key resource since it can be turned into rocket fuel, but the metallic regolith could be rocket fuel, too. A new paper proposes breaking lunar regolith into its component metals, like aluminum powder, and then oxidizing it with liquid oxygen to make rocket fuel.

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