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Lunar Mining, Processing & Refining

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Future of Space Exploration

Low gravity and lack of air also makes it fairly easy to move cargo around. I would say your processor might just be a vacuum cleaner rolling around the moon's surface, but vacuums don't work on airless planets,. Maybe by an actual robot and piggyback loose rocks of a desired material. It is essentially the brute force energy approach, which is mostly handy for its simplicity.

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