Elon Musk: “Lunar soil is I guess like 20% solar or 20% silicon or…”

“I'm sorry, you manufacture the satellites on the moon. I see. So you send the raw materials to the moon and then manufacture them there, and then. Well, your Lunar soil is I guess like 20% solar or 20% silicon or something like that. So you can get the silicon from the. You can mine the silicon on the moon, refine it and generate the. And create the solar panels, the solar cells, and the radiators on the moon.” (34:35–34:40)

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