Solid fuel Moon rockets (was Economics)

ThomasKalbfus@... wrote: Why not build parabolic mirrors and heat the compounds until they
disassociate into their constituent elements? This is one that I can answer without even having much knowledge of this field. What are you containing the plasma in? Only large magnetic fields can hold a plasma. How is the plasma being separated? When it cools you get back what you started with scattered all over the lunarscape. The lowest temperature reaction is the easiest one to handle.