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The "Dark side of moon" gets sunlight. That's just what we call it because it never faces us.
by coding123 4y ago
The "Dark side of moon" gets sunlight. That's just what we call it because it never faces us.
- stevenjgarner 4y agoYou're right of course. Bad choice of words. I was meaning the the moon's "Permanently Shadowed Regions" [1] [1] https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/97/the-moons-permanently-shadowed-regions/ https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/97/the-moons-permanently-sha...
- Maursault 4y agoWhile solar obviously would not work there, is there any compelling reason to need nuclear power in those permadark locations?
- m348e912 4y agoIt's not that reactors are needed in the permadark regions, it's just they they tend to be very cold and it should be easier to dissipate heat from the reactor.
- slobotron 4y agoI thought that it's hard to radiate-away heat in vacuum?
- generalizations 4y agoDump the heat into the ground.
- nonethewiser 4y agoI think there is reason on mars - there is a fairly significant source of water there (ice). I guess this wouldn’t explain the moon though.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoThe darker locations are co-located with the largest water ice deposits which are exciting for the possibility of a human presence.
- ceejayoz 4y agoAnd both sides have 14 day long days, and 14 day long nights. Only at the poles is there access to solar power all cycle long. Hence, reactors.
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- jandrese 4y ago…or build at the poles and have the solar arrays set up on a system that lets them pivot?
- ceejayoz 4y agoYes, I specifically mentioned the poles. It's likely we'll want to go other places eventually, though, and then you're back to reactors, or carting around enough batteries to last you two weeks.
- maratc 4y ago"There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun."