Boffins turn Moon dirt into glass for solar panels, eye future lunar base power

Lugging a solar furnace to melt it could slash the need to launch bulky power gear from Earth You've perhaps heard of using Moon dirt for building roads and other structures for future lunar explorers. But a group of German scientists reckon they've found another use for the grey stuff: Turn it into glass and use it to assemble solar power cells right there on the Moon.…