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[–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only operate when your side of the moon is dark or even near the poles where it can be coldest? I'm not sure what the plan is for daytime operations since it apparently gets really hot.

No atmosphere up there to insulate so the temperatures fluctuate to extremes

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No atmosphere means very little thermal radiation is pulled from radiators.

I imagine the best bet would be to drill into the surface of the moon and sink your radiators into the ground, fill the gaps with a material that transfers heat well.

Easiest version of that would probably be to lay the radiators on or just below the surface and bury them in a regolith concrete mixture of some sort. Probably not as efficient as drilling straight in, but way less complicated I imagine.

[–] AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I read this in chief O'Brien's voice

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately you can't really turn off a nuclear reactor.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Russians: "Sure you can, it's just this red button right here..."