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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by AlphaSite on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @03:08AM (#34801279)
I suspect there are some great solutions to power storage on the moon, eg why not store power in molten metals/substances? The lack of an atmosphere would help massively reduce thermal loss, and as you already have a refinery much of the infrastructure for this already exists.
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by thworp on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:58AM (#34802255)
> The lack of an atmosphere would help massively reduce thermal loss

Care to elaborate? As an interested layperson I always thought the major factor for losses in open air was radiation into space. As such an atmosphere's thermal mass would be benfitial, no?

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