What If We Covered the Moon With Solar Panels?
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Date: 2023-11-26
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Cold
How can they detact if a panel malfunctions or breaks, is it worth it to send someone out there to fix it? Esp if the panels are tightly packed.
Sending someone out there costs billions.
OK they could have someone up there already, but that someone is probably doing something else already. Stopping to go and fix a panel probably miles and miles away takes money. Esp In space were movement is weird. Takes time off the job which holds the project back. And it isn't like the astronaut's body isn't suffering from being in space already. So sending him something like 3 states (provinces) away just to fix a few solar panels probably isn't worth it.
Or they could have someone out there specifically for maintenance. But if nothing breaks then he's simply going to be out there wasting food for the other astronauts. His body is going to feel the affects of space for nothing too. And if some does happen it's still probably not worth it to to travel a distance that again is comparable to going a cross three or so provinces just to fix a few panels. He'll probably need equipment too. And even if he gets there. What happens if he finds that a lot of the panels are not repairable. Now the whole team has to relocate with all the cargo ti rebuild -. Money gone$$$.
-if they have to wait until there are a lot of panels broken before they do something, cos one panel wouldn't make sense financially, then how much electricity will they generate from the experiment, especially considering how much they spend on building and maintaining. Will they make a profit in the end-
How much of the electricity will make it back to earth anyways, won't the rays coming to earth from the moon get lost in the atmosphere partially? Meaning we don't get all the energy made by the panels to begin with?
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How can they detact if a panel malfunctions or breaks, is it worth it to send someone out there to fix it? Esp if the panels are tightly packed.
Sending someone out there costs billions.
OK they could have someone up there already, but that someone is probably doing something else already. Stopping to go and fix a panel probably miles and miles away takes money. Esp In space were movement is weird. Takes time off the job which holds the project back. And it isn't like the astronaut's body isn't suffering from being in space already. So sending him something like 3 states (provinces) away just to fix a few solar panels probably isn't worth it.
Or they could have someone out there specifically for maintenance. But if nothing breaks then he's simply going to be out there wasting food for the other astronauts. His body is going to feel the affects of space for nothing too. And if some does happen it's still probably not worth it to to travel a distance that again is comparable to going a cross three or so provinces just to fix a few panels. He'll probably need equipment too. And even if he gets there. What happens if he finds that a lot of the panels are not repairable. Now the whole team has to relocate with all the cargo ti rebuild -. Money gone$$$.
-if they have to wait until there are a lot of panels broken before they do something, cos one panel wouldn't make sense financially, then how much electricity will they generate from the experiment, especially considering how much they spend on building and maintaining. Will they make a profit in the end-
How much of the electricity will make it back to earth anyways, won't the rays coming to earth from the moon get lost in the atmosphere partially? Meaning we don't get all the energy made by the panels to begin with?
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Cold
Plus how long will those astronaut be out there, what will they eat or drink. Won't their bodies be unfit for earth after that. Where will the trash go. How will their plumbing systems be?
What if something small needs, will we need to train a machanic first -then- Send them to the moon? Won't that take long?
How many rockets will be needed to go get the astronauts back to earth. How much fuel is that.
With the cost of the panels. The rockets, the fuel, salaries of the astronauts, money for training or money to rehab them when they come back from earth or die because of space sickness, Maintaining of the whole project. With all those costs. Will they generate enough electricity to cover it and stay in business?
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Plus how long will those astronaut be out there, what will they eat or drink. Won't their bodies be unfit for earth after that. Where will the trash go. How will their plumbing systems be?
What if something small needs, will we need to train a machanic first -then- Send them to the moon? Won't that take long?
How many rockets will be needed to go get the astronauts back to earth. How much fuel is that.
With the cost of the panels. The rockets, the fuel, salaries of the astronauts, money for training or money to rehab them when they come back from earth or die because of space sickness, Maintaining of the whole project. With all those costs. Will they generate enough electricity to cover it and stay in business?
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MyScreen2Urs
There's a lot of implications that could have been covered.
There would be a high price at not just building it, but also maintaining it. How much damage would space debris and asteroids cause?
Would this moon be much brighter at night and hope much so?
Would this impact our tides negatively?
And lastly,
If we become dependant on the lunar ring as our primary source of power globally and something happens to our moon, how screwed are we?
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There's a lot of implications that could have been covered.
There would be a high price at not just building it, but also maintaining it. How much damage would space debris and asteroids cause?
Would this moon be much brighter at night and hope much so?
Would this impact our tides negatively?
And lastly,
If we become dependant on the lunar ring as our primary source of power globally and something happens to our moon, how screwed are we?
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Dr.
The problem with the earth importing energy from anywhere, whether it be this concept or a dyson swarm, is that all energy ends up as heat, so that would be another source of warming in the long term. Better we learn how to use our energy more efficiently to fulfill the issues we need solving. Still its a better idea than nuclear reactors on the moon, although nuclear reactors might make sense to power electric propulsion in flight.
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The problem with the earth importing energy from anywhere, whether it be this concept or a dyson swarm, is that all energy ends up as heat, so that would be another source of warming in the long term. Better we learn how to use our energy more efficiently to fulfill the issues we need solving. Still its a better idea than nuclear reactors on the moon, although nuclear reactors might make sense to power electric propulsion in flight.
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OrthoPheonix
Imagine having a Space Update in Minecraft
Minecraft Space Update
New Features
Mars
Mars
Mars can be foubd in mesa biome use ender pearl to be teleported in mars then you can terraform it
Other changes
Earth will die in 72 Minutes so start speedrunning Overworld to end
Fixed Bugs
Edit: Space Update is not true
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Imagine having a Space Update in Minecraft
Minecraft Space Update
New Features
Mars
Mars
Mars can be foubd in mesa biome use ender pearl to be teleported in mars then you can terraform it
Other changes
Earth will die in 72 Minutes so start speedrunning Overworld to end
Fixed Bugs
Edit: Space Update is not true
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What's
Great video, but terrible idea surrounding the Moon's equator with solar panels, maybe that's why they abandoned their plans over 10 years ago (7 years before this video was made. You don't want your solar panels in the dark for 2 weeks so to be smart you'd build them at the poles, above the surface where the sun never sets.
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Great video, but terrible idea surrounding the Moon's equator with solar panels, maybe that's why they abandoned their plans over 10 years ago (7 years before this video was made. You don't want your solar panels in the dark for 2 weeks so to be smart you'd build them at the poles, above the surface where the sun never sets.
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Maverick
What if we used white shingles and paint ONLY on our houses to reflect sun light off our homes to reduce global warming? Would the collective offset of having lowered A/C usage reduce global warming? Would it take effect on global warming at all?
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What if we used white shingles and paint ONLY on our houses to reflect sun light off our homes to reduce global warming? Would the collective offset of having lowered A/C usage reduce global warming? Would it take effect on global warming at all?
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Astechpan
If we have chance to transmit electricity with microwave or any radiation waves. Then why the hell we need huge wires on our planet earth? Why can't we export electricity from one place to another using electricity antennas. -
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If we have chance to transmit electricity with microwave or any radiation waves. Then why the hell we need huge wires on our planet earth? Why can't we export electricity from one place to another using electricity antennas. -
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walmartdog1142
The moon is bright even tho it is grey rock. Solar panels that I see on Earth are shiny, almost mirror like. Those parts of the moon with panels might be as dangerous to look at without eye protection as the sun itself.
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The moon is bright even tho it is grey rock. Solar panels that I see on Earth are shiny, almost mirror like. Those parts of the moon with panels might be as dangerous to look at without eye protection as the sun itself.
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KoreanYum
-We'd have a super efficient lunar powerplant, turning out power 24/7. Because THERE ARE NO BAD WEATHER DAYS ON THE MOON, EVER. -
Yup, until asteroids or meteors hit your powerplant. That's a good plan.
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-We'd have a super efficient lunar powerplant, turning out power 24/7. Because THERE ARE NO BAD WEATHER DAYS ON THE MOON, EVER. -
Yup, until asteroids or meteors hit your powerplant. That's a good plan.
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dionnisios
you r the only shmacks in the world who uses fahrenheit instead of celcious.
MAYBE U CAN DO A VVIDEO OF. WHAT IF W USE CELCIUS INSTEAD THIS CRAP (fahrenheit) THE WHOLE WORLD USES IT ANYWAYS!
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you r the only shmacks in the world who uses fahrenheit instead of celcious.
MAYBE U CAN DO A VVIDEO OF. WHAT IF W USE CELCIUS INSTEAD THIS CRAP (fahrenheit) THE WHOLE WORLD USES IT ANYWAYS!
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snc4278
I see quite a few videos about beaming energy back to Earth in the form of microwaves and lasers. Has anyone though about the damaging effects of burning even more holes in the ozone layer?
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I see quite a few videos about beaming energy back to Earth in the form of microwaves and lasers. Has anyone though about the damaging effects of burning even more holes in the ozone layer?
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Mr. Knight
Crazy scientific proposition:
We first build the Moon bases, than lunar elevator, after that the lunar ring and finally the largest hadron collider ever built around the moon!
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Crazy scientific proposition:
We first build the Moon bases, than lunar elevator, after that the lunar ring and finally the largest hadron collider ever built around the moon!
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Asad
The beam they'll use the transfer the energy to earth. Can't we use it here on earth now? And get rid of wires.
If electricity becomes wireless somehow. It'll change the world.
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The beam they'll use the transfer the energy to earth. Can't we use it here on earth now? And get rid of wires.
If electricity becomes wireless somehow. It'll change the world.
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Sharptooth100
Excellent idea to see all this happen in the next 40 to 60 years. This is one big miracle waiting for all this to happen. I believe this is the greatest of them all!
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Excellent idea to see all this happen in the next 40 to 60 years. This is one big miracle waiting for all this to happen. I believe this is the greatest of them all!
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the
We have already damaged Earth.
Now we are thinking to damage moon.
Soon we will think to kill the sun to take it's energy for us. To be continued.
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We have already damaged Earth.
Now we are thinking to damage moon.
Soon we will think to kill the sun to take it's energy for us. To be continued.
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blazed
Let's make a dyson sphere around the moon to collect all solar energy and use the power storage to easily power most of earth's power needs
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Let's make a dyson sphere around the moon to collect all solar energy and use the power storage to easily power most of earth's power needs
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Zander
What if after that Huge Solar Panel we can charge our phones instantly
Now that's a story for another what if
GREAT QUESTION
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What if after that Huge Solar Panel we can charge our phones instantly
Now that's a story for another what if
GREAT QUESTION
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Merv
I can't imagine this not starting a war. Whoever controls the moon conflict a switch and either starve or burn any place on earth.
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I can't imagine this not starting a war. Whoever controls the moon conflict a switch and either starve or burn any place on earth.
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Hammer
The idea is nice but the moon doesnt have an atmosphere so any asteroids will have to crash on the lunar belt or other equipment
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The idea is nice but the moon doesnt have an atmosphere so any asteroids will have to crash on the lunar belt or other equipment
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James
You can do interesting experiments on the moon but the moon is worthless
Theres no money
It's a waste of money
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You can do interesting experiments on the moon but the moon is worthless
Theres no money
It's a waste of money
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Jo-o
It is not better to place a solar panel station in low earth orbit? The moon has gravity and will attract meteorites.
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It is not better to place a solar panel station in low earth orbit? The moon has gravity and will attract meteorites.
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E.
Isn't the Moon constantly attacked by asteroids because it doesn't have an magnetic field that is protecting it?
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Isn't the Moon constantly attacked by asteroids because it doesn't have an magnetic field that is protecting it?
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Jackman
isnt the moon constantly barraged with meteors? The earth less so because of it's magnetic core, right?
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isnt the moon constantly barraged with meteors? The earth less so because of it's magnetic core, right?
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Richard
Woah wait - if it's already possible to -beam- electricity, why tf do we still have pylons and wires!
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Woah wait - if it's already possible to -beam- electricity, why tf do we still have pylons and wires!
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