Lunar Lawn Mower

Spacedaily, Science at NASA ^ | Nov 11, 2005 | Trudy E. Bell

[poindexter]

Soooo, we're planning to pave the moon, huh?

Don't worry....we won't have to pave the dark side. ;-)

[mrsmith]

Push the dust into valleys, melt it to about a foot deep.
Blow the unmelted residue out further down the valley. Add more dust.
Repeat.

=Habitats for Humanity on the Moon.

[Drumbo]

I don't get the "Lawn Mower" analogy, but I'm applying for a patent on the "Lunar Vacuum Cleaner" just as soon as I discover how to vacuum in a vacuum. I'm also working on "Instant Powdered Water" as soon as I figure out what to mix it with.

[Titan Magroyne]

"Instant Powdered Water", huh?

Just keep that away from my beer and my coffee and we'll get along just fine! ;-D

Sheesh!

[FreedomCalls]

Ok, you want imagination, try this : Titanium and oxygen are quite common on the moon, TiO2 is the bright white pigment in paint. So your "lawnmower" converts abundant solar energy at the lunar surface into making TiO2 "paint" as it rolls across the surface. The lunar albedo changes from dark asphalt to cloud top-bright white. A SECOND SUN appears in our skies as the lunar surface reflects practically all the sunlight falling on it, night comes but once a moonth during new moon. Wanna do an environmental impact statement on that?

As long as they do it to look like this so as to tick off certain people, great!

[FreedomCalls]

Has anyone tried to replicate the Irish Spring experiment yet?

Here's a picture.

[timer]

You read my mind! Yes, when the sign of the cross appears in the sky(on the face of the moon)it will strike FEAR into the heart of every islamo-fascist terrorist as well as the rest of the world. I can tell you what happens then...the rest of the story as Paul Harvey would say...