Alternate Outpost Construction Technique

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One possibility for an outpost is an inflated tube, as mentioned on the Outpost page.

Another is to fuse the regolith together, creating walls, floor, and ceiling from in-situ material. This would not be as difficult as it may sound: not much is necessary.

Materials

  • Sunlight, which is plentiful and intense (no atmosphere to block it)
  • A large fresnel lens
  • A precise positioning system to focus the lens on the regolith
  • A system to add regolith as necessary: either an astronaut and shovel, or a miniature robotic bulldozer

Logistics

  • The fresnel lens could be transported wrapped around the outside of the space vessel.
  • The positioning system - a computer, servo-controlled winches, and cables - would be compact and lightweight

Operation

This technique has much in common with various Rapid Prototyping methods, especially Selective Laser Sintering

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