Alchemy on the Moon

Could a newly revealed project at Blue Origin bypass SpaceX's lead in launch, by developing in-situ resources?

Last month I was on the Space Show discussing various topics covered in this blog. Towards the end, I mentioned a recently announced project at Blue Origin called Blue Alchemist, which aims to development methods to manufacture goods from lunar materials. Their demonstration was to produce silicon pure enough to be used in solar panels, with the aim of …