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>>3314302
>>Absolutely, but we'll have to send the components by rocket.
Not necessarily. One could send up a highly capable robot equipped with up-ported chemicals to bootstrap the replication process much like that described in this paper below:
custer.lcsr.jhu.edu/wiki/images/5/52/Chirikjian02_b.pdf
(link appears to be down see paywall here:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1159224))

>>3314310
the lego replicator is just as effective at replicating on the lunar surface as a wind tunnel model is at controlled flight.

I'm going to sleep now, but enjoy this video of how FANUC robots are made:
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=921

I'll be back