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Re:NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Usin... by concordDance on Sunday February 21, 2021 @06:18AM (#26212611)
Space solar is pointless given there are plenty of deserts with lots of sunshine all around the world that can be tiled with solar panels. Just need a little bit of energy storage.
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Re:NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Usin... by bregma on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:39AM (#26213345)
And need to get rid of the pesky people who live there with their needs and wants and their bombs and their guns.
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Re:NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Usin... by inglor_cz on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:16AM (#26212934)
... and transmission. Getting energy from Sahara to Stockholm with tolerable losses is no easy feat.
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Re:NASA Has Decided to Start Building the Lunar Gateway Usin... by concordDance on Sunday February 21, 2021 @07:01PM (#26218686)
5% losses IIRC.
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