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Re:Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into ... by TaylorAlexander on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:19PM (#34265034)
Maybe use solar panels to split lunar ice water in to hydrogen and oxygen, then use that to run fuel cells in the dark periods.
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Re:Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into ... by LarryMullins on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:04PM (#34266549)
14 days of lunar night would get quite cold. Maybe you could use the bases' water tanks as thermal batteries.
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