<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Lithium is the 3rd element in the element table right after hydrogen and helium. It was formed in the big bang (so the theory goes), so it should be everywhere.Of all the current battery technologies, lithium polymer seems the most promising only prohibited by cost of extraction of lithium.Could it be extracted on the moon and used to make lithium polymer batteries there for the use of the moon base and various applications requring battery power on the moon? <br />Posted by aphh</DIV><br /><br />Sure it's everywhere, but it is a light element, which the moon is low in.</p><p>Currently Li is not even in the top 10 in abundence in the Universe.</p><p>It would make sense that the earth would have more Lithium than the moon, and certainly would not be worth the expense to go there to mine it.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>