One thing I've wondered with regard to a moon base is how would it deal with the massive temperature variation on the moon? Is there a part of the moon that would have to be used as it has a more stable temperature range or would be have to create some way of regulating the temperatures and if so wouldn't that require a lot of energy?
about 10+ meters of heaped moon dust and rock over the base?
you don't have to build the base on the surface, under the ground (open excavation not tunnel boring) is much more sensible and removes most of the technical issues.
Hey GD, it's been a while.
Question for you, would it at all be feasible (given our current technology) to go back to the moon and create some sort of lunar base?
I guess my question is more about the feasibility of creating structures on the moon given our current methods.
Would scaffolding be enough? Would we need some kind of oxygen perpetuating system? How hard would it be to use modern tools in a big ol' space suit? Would our buildings actually stay up on the moon and be a successful form of shelter? If a spaceman farts on the moon, does it make a sound? These are troubling questions indeed.
Resin.
lots of work has gone in to it and if you mix moon dust with strong epoxy resins you get a stuff that's basically like very strong concrete you can dig trenches use dust to make thick concrete slaps (meters thick) to line the trench and cap it with more slaps and cover.
you need it very think for protection from impacts, radiation and the cold.
but yeah it's doable, can even get water out of the dust.
moon dust has some quite unique properties because of it's structure.
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