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The optimal place for a Moon base is likely one of the permanently lit parts near the poles, which are thought to stay at a fairly constant -50 C or so. For co
by resolutebat 3y ago
The optimal place for a Moon base is likely one of the permanently lit parts near the poles, which are thought to stay at a fairly constant -50 C or so.
For comparison, the average surface temperature on Mars is -60 C.
- Retric 3y agoThere’s no such place: https://skyandtelescope.org/sky-and-telescope-magazine/peaks-of-eternal-light/ https://skyandtelescope.org/sky-and-telescope-magazine/peaks... The longest lit places we know of are lit ~94% of the year but then experience even longer periods of deep freeze. They also don’t get much sunlight, and having a base there would create a long shadow. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0019103510001375 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S00191035100013... Multi month moon bases could be an intermediary before going to the moon, but those spots still get really cold.