Robots Could Build a Base on the Moon

Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Robots Could Build a Base on the Moon

# 11185 byian.woollard@... on May 20, 2009, 6:40 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

On 20/05/2009, Joe Strout wrote:
> Look at it this way: 2 m of regolith is about the same mass per unit
> area as our atmosphere (again, IIRC).

No, nothing like. The density of regolith is only about 1000-1500 kg
per cubic metre. The earth's atmosphere is 10,000 kg per square metre,
5000 at some habitable altitudes.

> Best,
> - Joe

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