Awatmath.2097 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!dthedmonds Mon Mar 22 04:16:28 1982 Re: Source of hydrogen Instead of recombining your nice near-pure hydrogen with some hydrogen-liking compound for shipment, why not just liquify it? It can get nice and cold on the moon already...you wouldn't need much more air-conditioning, and if pressurization is the problem suggestions (1) and especially (2) can be easily modified to provide the extra pressure. This way you don't have to cart your HL (hydrogen-lover) around to the 'mining' site and you don't have to ship its excess weight about either. On top of this you can ship the stuff out to the L5 colonies without their needing to process it any further. In this way you can help strengthen the lunar industrial base, weakening that of the colonies, leading eventually to an orbital uprising.....(maybe I should switch over to fa.sf-lovers???). ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.