Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2
by georgeoliver on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:00PM
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I think the assumption is that Earth power is much cheaper than lunar, so the inefficiency doesn't matter.
That's preposterous - I would be surprised if you get more than 5% of the power considering the losses in the transmitter, receiver (and related circuitry), not to mention the atmosphere itself plus whatever little bits get in the way (like, I don't know, the thousands of Starlink satellites and other space junk).