Timeline for Why didn't the Portal Gun fail to create a Portal on the Moon?
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| Sep 8, 2020 at 22:59 | comment | added | OrangeDog | I don't think there is a big deal about moon rocks. They form a portal-conducting surface. Apparently so does regular concrete. Cave Johnson is the kind of guy who bankrupts his company buying moon rocks and grinding them up for no real purpose. Clearly moon rocks are the best rocks for doing science. | |
| Oct 17, 2016 at 16:46 | comment | added | Schilcote | @NiettheDarkAbsol Presumably GLaDOS dragged you further back in to the facility. Wheatley put his chamber at the surface because he subconsciously knew exactly what would happen and he's programmed to self-sabotage. | |
| May 8, 2014 at 9:25 | comment | added | Niet the Dark Absol | More importantly, how are you able to see the moon, considering the long elevator ride it takes to get outside? | |
| Apr 21, 2013 at 17:08 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | @Michael Edenfield, could be the fermionic Helium 3 content ofthe lunar regolith, brought in by solar wind, that makes for good portal paste. That theory'd make the white color somewhat optional,which is good because portal gun works when fired at the dark grey lunar surface. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermionic_condensate | |
| Apr 21, 2013 at 12:31 | comment | added | KutuluMike | @WayfaringStranger The bigger question is, what's the big deal about moon rocks considering the moon is just a big chunk of Earth that got blown off a few billion years ago? | |
| Apr 20, 2013 at 18:56 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | @Joren: Sure, I'm just thinking about the dust on Neil Armstrong's boots. For certain, video game programmers would specify an elaborate refining process required to conjure up the good stuff. | |
| Apr 20, 2013 at 18:30 | comment | added | Joren | @WayfaringStranger: The moon's surface is silica in a large part, which in a pure form is a bright white, and is also the biggest component of glass. A lot of a substance properties are determined by how it crystallizes, and what it's mixed with. Compare for example graphite (as in pencils) versus diamond. That's both just carbon, and one is solid black while the other is transparant. My point is that even if the moon isn't a super good reflector, that doesn't mean you can't make something white out of the material. | |
| Apr 20, 2013 at 15:07 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | Making a white gel from moon rocks is a good trick given that the moon is actually nearly as non-reflective as coal: universetoday.com/35372/albedo | |
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