00:00In zero gravity it's also possible to produce especially pure glass fibers for data transmission.
00:06And companies like the British company Spaceforge even want to manufacture semiconductors in space.
00:12Because the perfect vacuum and zero gravity environment allows for extremely pure crystals.
00:18The common denominator is always the same. It's about a few very high quality products
00:24for which the enormous effort is worth it because the result can't be achieved on earth.
00:31A brief distinction because often everything gets lumped together.
00:35What we're discussing here happens in earth orbit and relies on weightlessness.
00:40Production on the moon follows a completely different logic.
00:44There it's not about weightlessness but about extracting oxygen, water, fuel and later building materials
00:51from the lunar dust on site so that you don't have to bring everything from earth.
00:56That's supply for future moon bases not a high-tech factory for the home market.
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