Comments on: Moon: Oxygen, Oxygen Everywhere, But We’ll Need Hydrogen To Drink http://www.colonyworlds.com/2009/10/moon-oxygen-oxygen-everywhere-but-well-need-hydrogen-to-drink.html Discussing reasonable ways to colonize our solar system Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darnell http://www.colonyworlds.com/2009/10/moon-oxygen-oxygen-everywhere-but-well-need-hydrogen-to-drink.html#comment-2183 Darnell Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:51 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/?p=1521#comment-2183 SpaceX is in no position to launch anything to the Moon--yet. I think after dozens of successful LEO launches (and many successful GEO launches) they'll be in position to send gear and equipment to the Moon. SpaceX is in no position to launch anything to the Moon–yet.

I think after dozens of successful LEO launches (and many successful GEO launches) they'll be in position to send gear and equipment to the Moon.

]]> By: Darnell http://www.colonyworlds.com/2009/10/moon-oxygen-oxygen-everywhere-but-well-need-hydrogen-to-drink.html#comment-2181 Darnell Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:21 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/?p=1521#comment-2181 You're right about that Jim, but for now we do not know if it does exist there--yet. If it does, then there will be no need to ship hydrogen tanks lunar side (depending on how much frost they find of course), although it may be better to err on the side of caution than to presume an abundance only to be greeted by dry, white moon dirt. You're right about that Jim, but for now we do not know if it does exist there–yet.

If it does, then there will be no need to ship hydrogen tanks lunar side (depending on how much frost they find of course), although it may be better to err on the side of caution than to presume an abundance only to be greeted by dry, white moon dirt.

]]> By: Jim Gagnon http://www.colonyworlds.com/2009/10/moon-oxygen-oxygen-everywhere-but-well-need-hydrogen-to-drink.html#comment-2180 Jim Gagnon Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:22:22 +0000 http://www.colonyworlds.com/?p=1521#comment-2180 You're ignoring two things: if permafrost exists at the lunar poles, that water and other hydrates will be much easier to obtain, and the same process that causes the lunar regolith to capture protons from the solar wind and turn them into hydrogen can probably be made more efficient; one could envision positioning a device with a negatively charged stream of oxygen which is then captured and condensed. You might not have to mine a single ounce of regolith in order to get water. You're ignoring two things: if permafrost exists at the lunar poles, that water and other hydrates will be much easier to obtain, and the same process that causes the lunar regolith to capture protons from the solar wind and turn them into hydrogen can probably be made more efficient; one could envision positioning a device with a negatively charged stream of oxygen which is then captured and condensed. You might not have to mine a single ounce of regolith in order to get water.

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