Can a solar power station be built on the Moon?

[The_Eagle_has_landed]

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Can a solar power station be built on the Moon? If so what would be required to build the facility?<em> For someone who is good at drawing please come up with several designs for the solar power station. </em></strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-money-mouth.gif" border="0" alt="Money mouth" title="Money mouth" /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[why06]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> Can a solar power station be built on the Moon? If so what would be required to build the facility? For someone who is good at drawing please come up with several designs for the solar power station. &nbsp; <br /> Posted by The_Eagle_has_landed</DIV></p><p>Well since a lunar day is a month long this might prove to be a problem as your power station would only be collecting energy over a 14 days period and another fourteen day will be spent in darkness. This is why a stationary lunar power station would be impractical.&nbsp; </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div>________________________________________ <br /></div><div><ul><li><font color="#008000"><em>your move...</em></font></li></ul></div> </div>

 

[jim48]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'> Can a solar power station be built on the Moon? If so what would be required to build the facility? For someone who is good at drawing please come up with several designs for the solar power station. &nbsp; <br />Posted by The_Eagle_has_landed</DIV><br /><br /><strong>Of course! I designed one a long, long time ago, hauled it out to the desert, flipped the switch and... <em>D'oh!!!</em> Thank</strong> <strong>God I didn't take it all the way to the moon, for<br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/12/c10d2f8f-ac21-4a50-8c09-093bd3cf8d6a.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;Christ's sake.</strong> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[centsworth_II]

The main reason that the first manned base on the Moon will be at one of its poles is that there are places at the poles that see almost continuous light... in close proximity to places that see no light (and where water may be found). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>The main reason that the first manned base on the Moon will be at one of its poles is that there are places at the poles that see almost continuous light... in close proximity to places that see no light (and where water may be found). <br /> Posted by centsworth_II</DIV></p><p><font size="2">So, the answer to the original poster's question is that a solar power station can indeed be built on the moon -- as long as it is built in a polar region with continual sunlight. Indeed, such a station may well be the best solution to the problem of providing power for a moonbase, especially given the political snags and the expense of developing significant nuclear power.</font></p><p><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>