Powering the lunar base, version 2

Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2 by more_corn on Saturday December 31, 2022 @10:50PM (#34203402)

I think space based solar is probably the way to go. Starship will make launch so cheap it’ll be worth getting the panels into perpetual sunlight.

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Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2 by drpyser22 on Monday January 02, 2023 @05:25PM (#34224534)

According to the article author it requires costly infrastructure on the moon, compared to their proposal of beaming energy through microwave from Earth.

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Re:Powering the lunar base, version 2 by Nomentatus on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:53AM (#34257830)

Space based solar would also use microwaves to beam the energy to the moon.

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