zlacker

> The real constraint is not materials

It's solvents, lubricants, cooling, and all the other boring industrial components and feedstocks that people seem to forget exist. Just because raw materials exist in lunar regolith doesn't mean much if you can't actually smelt and refine it into useful forms.

>>giantr+(OP)
Both China and the US are working on building nuclear reactors on the moon, so presumably they see line of sight on those matters?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-nuclear-reactor-nasa-moon