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CNES Issues Call for Lunar Power Station Prototype - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)

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[–] shane@feddit.nl 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So I guess this is solar powered? It's not clear from the text, but the picture has a lot of solar panels.

The moon has a rotation of 28 days right? I thought that was a severe limitation of solar power there, since you have to go a fortnight without sunlight on the surface...

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The poles of the moon have regions which are more permanently in sunlight/shadow. The Argonaut lander mentioned in the article is destined for the south pole.