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Russia plans nuclear power plant on moon within decade (www.rte.ie)

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

The sun, right over there: "um, hello?"

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Well the sun works great for orbit around the moon, but on the surface a day/night cycle lasts a month. So that's about 15 days of night at a time.

Obviously there's no wind on the moon and burning things makes no sense. So literally the only options left are nuclear or lots and lots of batteries.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

Now I might be talking shit, but isn't there a problem with dust on the moon that means solar panels wouldn't work very well? Though I may be thinking of Mars. Or something else. Uranus?