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I guess they aren't planning to build the moon-base at the poles, which could provide access to continuous solar power nearby. The rest of the moon has long (+/
by Reason077 4y ago
I guess they aren't planning to build the moon-base at the poles, which could provide access to continuous solar power nearby. The rest of the moon has long (+/- 14 day) lunar nights, and getting enough batteries or whatever to the moon to last that long is likely to be impractical/expensive.
- kurthr 4y agoBecause it's too cold there? Probably too much water ice on the poles to be interesting. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/science/moon-ice-water.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/science/moon-ice-water.ht... oops https://web.archive.org/web/20201101003308/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/science/moon-ice-water.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201101003308/https://www.nytim...
- Reason077 4y agoIt's certainly very cold deep in the polar craters, which are in permanent darkness. But in the sunlit areas it's relatively mild. There's far less variation than in equatorial regions, which have to deal with huge variance between day and night temperatures.