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[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I read this in chief O'Brien's voice

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

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

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