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#251 Yesterday 11:31:47
- Void
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Re: The Moon
FYI, I have done two posts before this one, today, on this topic.
The 70's and 80's had a notion of extracting things from the Moon to build things in orbit.
But now it seems obvious that it will be rather easy to provide power to locations on the Moon, 24/7,
So, for I have avoided mass driver notions and their like and also tethers to snatch things to orbit. I do not oppose those, but think they are beyond my abilities to be expert in. I will welcome them if they can be done. It seems though that some chemical launch methods may be practical, or that asteroid materials can be brought in to make power plants to send power to the Moon, at least to start.
One thing I am interested in is if Neumann Drive or Magdrive could be a matter projector from the Moon? Could you vacuum weld projected matter to an orbiting target?
At I am somewhat lacking as much knowledge about MagDrive as for Neumann Drive. It turns out now that Magdrive apparently can use most metals for propellants. I do not know if it can use Silicon. But I believe that Neumann Drive can use Silicon and Aluminum which will each be important for solar power plants in orbit.
https://neumannspace.com/
Here is included a list of propellants for electric ion drives: https://neumannspace.com/metal-propellants/
I think if a substance is electrically conductive it can be used as a propellant. Most elements apparently have that capability.
Consider a magnetic Beard in a orbital cup: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-i … brary.html
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/group … -299911407
Image Quote: 
Point the beard down towards the Moon.
Here is my attempt: 
Iron can be magnetized to provide the magnetic filings "Beard". But Hot Iron will not be magnetic until cooled down.
Aluminum can have some inductive reactance.
Silicon might be catchable.
My hope would be that suborbital particles projected from the surface of the Moon would intercept the beard and be entrained into it and even vacuum welt to the magnetic particles. I am hoping to accumulate and not to disintegrate the Beard cup.
The cup may be orbiting at a rather low altitude. Some method to propel the Beard-Cup is needed, perhaps Neumann Drive or Magdrive.
Perhaps it could be pushed with an electron beam from the surface of the Moon.
Thinking bigger you might eventually even build an orbiting ring around the Moon or a planet like Mercury, but that is even more of a fantasy.
I suppose rotavators might also be a more sensible plan for the Moon.
But the point is if you could get massive amounts of Mass into orbit you could build orbital power supplies for the Moon, to serve many purposes on the Moon such as the support of data centers.
Ending Pending 
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