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Re:Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission returns with sample... by porphyra on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @01:29PM (#40791150)
You'll need an insane amount of battery storage, since the moon only rotates once per month and you'll need to power through a long period of no sunlight.
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Re:Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission returns with sample... by Lord-Jobo on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @01:43PM (#40791313)
Or just very long power lines and multiple solar stations, it's not like the moon is impossible large. But that would be harder than a singular location using nuclear fuel, it's true.
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Re:Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission returns with sample... by dotnet00 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @01:58PM (#40791499)
Or alternatively, for polar bases, very tall panels, which would be able to be in permanent sunlight.
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Re:Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission returns with sample... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @02:04PM (#40791559)
> very tall panels, which would be able to be in permanent sunlight

Or normal panels on the rim of Shackleton [1]. (You'd still want to bootstrap with fission.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackleton_(crater)#Potential_...

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Re:Chang'e 6 lunar sample return mission returns with sample... by photochemsyn on Thursday June 27, 2024 @09:48AM (#40810500)
A belt of solar panels encircling the moon would solve that problem though perhaps a bit ambitious at present.
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