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Why NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon
- PaulHoule 6y agoNice article but it misses the major point that (almost everywhere) on the moon the day-night cycle is a whole month. The Space Station has a 100kw solar array based on old technology; something better could be deployed to the moon, but the night lasts two weeks. Thus you need much more energy and material storage capacity, thermal insulation and possibly curtail your activities at night. (Stop growing plants, stop mining, ...) The nuclear reactor works through the night, and that's a big advantage.