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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (140505)	9/26/2005 11:10:45 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794411

This could provide the basis for space industry If I was born in a later age, I'd be all over this. The Moon is rich in silica and, in the highlands, aluminum and other metals. The cheapest way to build on the Moon would be to use in-situ resources. I'd have a construction outfit making prefab building components on the Moon, selling it to government and private parties. You could charge a fortune and your customers would still save billions over sending it up from Earth's gravity well on top of a roman candle. The startup costs would be enormous, but the patents on the processes, machinery, and actual sales would probably make you richer than most African countries. Derek