Re:Delta-V: Designing the Asteroid Mining Ship 'Konstantin'
by Symmetry on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:51AM
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The battery issue really cuts against most places on the Moon. Getting through 12 hours of night is a lot easier than getting through 2 weeks of night. There is the peak of eternal sunlight on the Moon's south pole where the sun marches around the horizon forever[1] but the lunar night is a big challenge everywhere else.
[1] And right next to an eternally shadowed crater we know has hydrogen, probably in water.
[1] And right next to an eternally shadowed crater we know has hydrogen, probably in water.