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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by riffic on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:06PM (#34794330)
it'd be a nice but expensive storage location though.
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by beakergordon on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:03PM (#34795149)
If the goal was isolation from natural disasters and the like, then why not just build it in a facility like Yucca Mountain?
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by junipertea on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:50PM (#34795751)
Maybe bragging rights. My dog photo collection can survive societal collapse.
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by dylan604 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @05:43PM (#34797287)
why would yucca mt be susceptible to societal collapse?
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by sp332 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @07:00PM (#34798061)
It's only expensive until the self-replicating drones get into the exabytes/day range.
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