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Whether or not Blue Origin puts a lander on the Moon, it might play a key role in sustaining lunar operations. Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company has revealed that it can produce solar cells and transmission wire using simulated Moon regolith. The firm’s Blue Alchemist technique uses molten electrolysis to separate the lunar soil’s aluminum, iron and silicon from bound oxygen to extract key materials. The process can build solar cells, cover glass and aluminum wire using only sunlight and the reactor’s silicon.
This approach would not only save explorers the trouble of importing material, but would be kinder to both the Moon and Earth. There are no carbon-based emissions, no chemicals and no need for water. The resulting solar cells can operate on the Moon for over a decade despite a “harsh” environment, Blue Origin claims.
As Ars Technicaexplains, Blue Origin is pitching this as a solution for NASA’s Artemis program and missions to Mars. The space agency could establish bases or other long-term installations while minimizing the environmental impact. While the concept of using regolith to build outposts isn’t new, earlier efforts have largely focused on habitats rather than the power supplying those off-world facilities.
Whether or not Blue Origin’s tech reaches NASA is another matter, as the company has a mixed relationship with the US administration. While NASA is backing the Orbital Reef space station and will use New Glenn to fly a science mission to Mars, it lost a key lunar lander contract to SpaceX and failed in its challenge of the $2.9 billion deal. As novel as Blue Alchemist tech may be, it’s not guaranteed to win business.
The incident occurred on May 4, 1966, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Not only was the UFO fragment recovered but the CIA could not determine the “country of origin.” Was it extraterrestrial? The document was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
The document reads:
“The report concludes that the fragment was originally part of an electrical component and was constructed of a 0.010-inch-thick laminate of silicon steel.”
Was the object man-made? It is not clear. The CIA could not determine the country of origin.
The records are labeled ‘Poor Original’, indicating that the record they are publishing is the ‘best copy available.’ Despite that, there are some other things that can be deciphered outside of the “unknown country” origin. The physical material of some kind was obtained from a UFO that “fell to Earth” in Kerekere, Democratic Republic of Congo. Its measurements were 2”x 2”x 1” and it comes from some kind of ‘electrical component.’ In the “conclusions” section of the report, the experts thought it was an electrical component of some kind, but there was nothing that could be used to identify the country of origin. They were also able to determine that the surface appearance and the ‘microstructure’ of the part point to exposure to excessively high temperatures, about 2800+ degrees F. The CIA analyzed the fragment and obtained a chemical breakdown of what it was composed of, which includes carbon, manganese, silicon, nickel, etc.
The CIA had numerous photos of the artifact, whatever it was. However, being a ‘Poor Original,’ it is almost impossible to distinguish any detail of them.
Could it have simply been a fallen piece of space junk, either a satellite or other type of rocket component? Regardless, they were unable to fully identify it. The inability to determine the source could lead to the belief that it could be an artificial object of extraterrestrial origin.
LINK – PDF document can be downloaded.
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