Re: Space Exploitation

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 00:37:23 GMT

In article <anPuc.15286$Yf6.3677@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
Terry Goodrich <terry@csmgdesign.com> wrote:
>Could titanium be mined from the moon for cheaper than produced from earth?

Titanium is actually quite common on Earth. The pigment in good-quality
white paint is titanium dioxide. The problem with titanium is extraction,
not supply: it's a very active metal that's hard to pry loose from its
ores, and you have to do a very thorough job because its properties are
terribly sensitive to impurities. 

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