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To: vannrox
Build it on the moon, use sunlight for power...
3 posted on 03/29/2004 5:07:08 PM PST by etcetera
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To: etcetera
Build it on the moon, use sunlight for power...

Considering you can get maybe 2 kW of power per square meter from solar collectors, you'd need about 500,000 square meters of solar panels to power this puppy -- and then you could only use it during the 14-day Lunar "day."

21 posted on 03/29/2004 5:41:23 PM PST by Junior (No animals were harmed in the making of this post)
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