Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions.
Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions.
If we want space missions to be successful, we need to build Moon roads. Scientists plan to use lasers and moondust - here's how.

Scientists plan to melt moondust to make lunar roads. Astronauts may have to do more moon-driving than moon-walking during future missions.::If we want space missions to be successful, we need to build Moon roads. Scientists plan to use lasers and moondust - here's how.
Someone tell the c/FuckCars people, this'll really piss them off lol
92 0 ReplyShiiiiit. Moon trains anybody?
31 0 ReplyI’ll take the moon subway
10 0 ReplyMoonorail?
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My first thought when reading the headline was how pissed is the fuckcars movement gonna be when they find your carbrains are building roads on the moon lol
22 0 ReplyAs much as I'd love to bike on the moon, our rovers don't last more than a few hours at most when dealing with lunar regolith - it's highly abrasive and gets everywhere
12 0 ReplyLike sand?
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Cars are great, if there are few. Can't have everyone in one when you live densely.
6 0 ReplyThose damn murder machines keep ruining all that perfectly good moon cheese. They should simply walk the 13 miles to the mission location instead.
4 0 ReplyLol, those people are worse than preachy vegans and Linux supremecists combined. They're one of the few communities I've blocked completely.
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Talk to Cave Johnson about the dangers of ground up moon rocks…
27 0 ReplyShould the headline be “discovered” instead of “plan”? Plan makes it sound like this is in work despite discovering how to do that so recently.
16 0 ReplySemantics are secondary to capturing attention with headlines. And it's still just a minor summary of the whole story.
To elaborate, some dudes discovered a way to melt moon rocks to make asphalt. More dudes plan to make moon roads with it.
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Cruising in an old chrysler with Frank Sinatra on speakers. Fly me to the moon.
9 0 ReplyThere's one thing they seem to be forgetting.
How the fuck are they gonna send that many people to warrant the road-building? I mean, they could, but would definitely break their banks.
6 0 ReplyHonestly the number of people required to send is zero, because they're for vehicles and it isn't a strict requirement that they have humans in them.
As long as there is "stuff" that needs transporting, you'll want vehicles, and if you want vehicles you probably want roads.
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I keep hearing about going to the moon building this and that but when was last time man set foot there? Just do it already.
6 0 ReplyNot much point sending people there without any real purpose. Much cheaper and safer to send probes to gather whatever scientific data we need.
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And what's going to protect the lens from the lunar dust?
They might need a diamond lens or something.
4 0 ReplyJust put the laser high enough above the ground, like in orbit, and nothing will ever reach the lens.
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I saw a report recently about a 3D printing company that plans to use moon dust for concrete to build lunar housing.
3 0 ReplyCounting Crows and Vanessa Carlton are tuning their instruments...
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