What is the solar intensity at lunar poles? Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: What is the solar intensity at lunar poles?
# 2366 byrmenich@... on Feb. 5, 2002, 1:29 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
victoriatangoman wrote,
Anyways, to transmit the energy to the equatorial launch base, would
require transmitting it over a distance of 2600 miles. Over that
distance an AC system, even with massive transformers along the way,
would entail significant losses, so it seems that a High Voltage
Direct Current transmission system is the most feasable. These
...
But to go even further, I'm looking into the technical questions of
burying the cable. A few meters under luna, the temperature stays at
about -4C. ...
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I speculate that the constant -4C is associated with areas that are
alternately in light and darkness. A cable permanently protected from
the sun by a flimsy sunshade might achieve much lower average
temperatures. Perhaps superconductive transmission cables might be an
option.
Ron