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You'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
by stevenjgarner 4y ago
You'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.