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minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThe sun, right over there: “um, hello?”
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-247 minutes agoWell the sun works great for orbit around the moon, but on the surface a day/night cycle lasts a month. So that’s about 15 days of night at a time. Obviously there’s no wind on the moon and burning things makes no sense. So literally the only options left are nuclear or lots and lots of batteries.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoNow I might be talking shit, but isn’t there a problem with dust on the moon that means solar panels wouldn’t work very well? Though I may be thinking of Mars. Or something else. Uranus?
The sun, right over there: “um, hello?”
Well the sun works great for orbit around the moon, but on the surface a day/night cycle lasts a month. So that’s about 15 days of night at a time.
Obviously there’s no wind on the moon and burning things makes no sense. So literally the only options left are nuclear or lots and lots of batteries.
Now I might be talking shit, but isn’t there a problem with dust on the moon that means solar panels wouldn’t work very well? Though I may be thinking of Mars. Or something else. Uranus?