Regolith Blue Origin has created two new departments within the framework of the Blue Alchemist project, one of which is engaged in the project of the orbital station, and the second is devoted to economic activities on the Moon.
NASA has already received a commercial offer from them for the use of some technologies for processing lunar regolith in the Artemis mission. It is reported that operating solar panels, electrical wiring and protective materials for lunar structures have already been successfully created from an exact imitation of regolith.
The Blue Alchemist project has been implemented quietly for two years, within its framework, scientists and engineers are looking for ways to process artificial regolith, which chemically fully corresponds to the lunar soil. This is an extremely useful material, as it is rich in silicon, aluminum, iron, magnesium and other elements. Calculations show that the complete processing of regolith will reduce to zero the need to supply construction and production materials for lunar colonies from Earth. The high-temperature electrolysis technology developed at Blue Alchemist made it possible to isolate 99% purity silicon from regolith, which became the basis of full-fledged solar panels. From other extracted elements, transparent glass protective casings for them were obtained, plus metals suitable for creating building structures. Alas, all this has so far been implemented only in laboratories, so now Blue Origin intends to test its developments on the real Moon.
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