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Blue Origin unveils tech that uses Moon dust to make solar cells
short by Ananya Goyal / on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
Jeff Bezos-led Blue Origin has announced a technology that can make solar cells and transmission wire from Moon dust. Called 'Blue Alchemist', the process uses molten electrolysis to separate the lunar soil's aluminum, iron and silicon from bound oxygen to extract key materials. "Our approach can scale indefinitely, eliminating power as a constraint anywhere on the Moon," Blue Origin said.
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