This would require 'six times less mass to produce the same amount of energy' as the best nuclear option, says the professor.
NASA's unmanned Artemis mission to the moon was a small step toward the ultimate goal of sending humans to Mars and beyond.
According to calculations made by Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Gordon of Ben-Gurion University's Solar Energy and Environmental Physics Department, this plan would require six times less mass to produce the same amount of energy than the best nuclear option.With a sufficient number of panels always exposed to the sun, the professor argues that his plan would 100 percent reliably feed oxygen-producing facilities with energy.
A limited amount of energy will be required during the early stages of human settlement on the moon, and NASA has already chosen six businesses to submit plans, three of which will use solar energy and the rest nuclear fission.Gordon's proposal called for the installation of a ring of solar panels close to one of the lunar poles; he cited the north pole as an example.
Gordon argued that because the lunar surface naturally acts as electrical insulation, the transmission lines would not need to be insulated.
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