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Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2 by gigel82 on Saturday December 31, 2022 @04:13PM (#34200801)
I'm not an expert or anything, but is this making the assumption that there is 0 loss? You put 1Kw into a microwave transmitter on earth and expect to get 1Kw out of the receiver on the moon?

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).

Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2 by georgeoliver on Saturday December 31, 2022 @05:00PM (#34201200)
I think the assumption is that Earth power is much cheaper than lunar, so the inefficiency doesn't matter.
Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2 by drpyser22 on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:29PM (#34224586)
The two parts article does acknowledge inefficiencies and losses, but dismisses them