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Building a lunar base would be one of the next logical steps in our exploration of the solar system, but the survival of a future crew depends on access to a reliable source of energy. An ESA Discovery & Preparation study explored how lunar regolith—the dust, soil and rock on the moon’s surface—could be used to store heat and provide electricity for future astronauts, rovers and landers.

Humans would have little difficulty reaching the moon’s surface with today’s technology, but it is expensive—sometimes even impossible—to take all the materials we would need with us, especially if we want to stay for more than a couple of days...