Colonizing the moon is one of the most ambitious and important goals of the long-term space race, and it’s also one of the most sensible, as a lunar base would serve us well. as a starting point for future exploration missions. I know what you think we would have to face new problems on the moon and that is true, but consider that it does not have an atmosphere and that would be a very important advantage for these missions.

In order to settle on the moon, we would need to create a specific infrastructurewhich must include both houses resistant to radiation and constant micrometeorite bombardment, as well as areas dedicated to the creation of food, medical units, special places for emergency response and, of course, road connecting all these areas.

There must be those roads optimized to facilitate fast and efficient transportand its creation could be complicated and very expensive, considering the peculiarities of the Moon, as well as the amount of materials that would be needed. Fortunately, a group of scientists have already thought about this problem, and they have come up with a possible solution so surprising that it almost seems like science fiction, to shoot lasers at the surface of our satellite.

The soil of the Moon consists of lunar volcanic rock that is constantly exposed to radiation from the Sun. have a certain electric charge and its fine particles of moon dust have sharp edges, so it does quite a job “sticky” and dangerous for lunar rovers because it can build up and get stuck in important parts of these small rovers.

What is a problem for the use of rovers could be a huge advantage in creating the paths we would need to settle on the moon. A group of German scientists successfully conducted an experiment that, using concentrated laser beams that simulated concentrated sunlight, allows you to create triangular shaped tiles 24.89 cm long and 2.54 cm thick.

This technique could be transferred directly to the lunar surface and would facilitate the creation of solid tiles that can be easily joined together, which would allow us to shape the orbits we will need to move around the Moon. In the attached video, you can find more information about how the problem of road construction on the lunar surface is approached using laser systems.