Lunar Mining, Processing & Refining (Narration Only)
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Future of Rockets
If the moon is where we'll get a lot of our fuel and raw materials for expansion out into the solar system, using fuel systems that can be refilled at the destinations or waypoints is a good plan. There's no air on the moon so even some lava tube shaft repurposed and short up to serve as a long runway is a possible option. We also do not need to achieve the super high velocities that we have to in order to get off Earth nor do we need any sort of megastructure or tens of miles high for the tube to open out of above the atmosphere. Done with the light timing, things launching out the moon already have a lot of the
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