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Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon (www.politico.com)

submitted 1 week ago by vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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[–] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Would be so easy with solar panels.

100kW ≈ 400m² panels for less than $100k. No clouds, no atmosphere.

No exploding uranium rockets.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No sunlight for 10 days at a time.

[–] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The lunar poles have spots that are always sunny. These spots are called "peaks of eternal light" but the light is not eternal and the name is quite misleading. The areas are only lit for about 90 percent of the Moon's 18.6-year nutation cycle. Of the top 20 sites on the Moon that are illuminated by the sun, seven of them are located near the North Pole. This is because the North Pole has a longer period of sunlight than the South Pole.

https://www.theweek.in/news/sci-tech/2023/07/08/why-south-pole-of-the-moon-is-preferred-for-soft-landing-of-missions-like-chandrayaan-3.html

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

Interesting. They only works in a few cases, but It's good to have the options.

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