New Nuclear Power Plant

GnarlsR2 said:
Building a nuclear power plant on the Moon is simply fantasy.

How would the "energy" get transferred to Earth?

The logistics alone that would be required are nearly impossible to create.

Transporting the infrastructure from Earth to the Moon would be an incalculable challenge.

The exosphere of the Moon is not breathable by humans. Robots would have to do the "work". The robots would have to be built to withstand the extreme temperatures – 260d F during they day, and -280d F at night. The average temperature is -63.4d F. What electronics will work in that temperature range? What about the 200 times more cosmic radiation on the Moon?

A nuclear power plant requires water – about 10 million gallons a day. Is there water on the Moon?

Elon's Space X traveling at 17,500 MPH requires fuel. There is no Tanker Spaceship in space to refuel Space X..

Elon's crazy vision of colonizing the planet Mars for humans will not happen in 100s of years, perhaps never.

He would be way smarter and make more money if he started by saving our planet Earth from being destroyed by greedy morons.
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Any moon-based reactors would not be built to send electricity to earth.
Their output would be used to power various operations (civilian and military) and life support systems on the moon.
 
Rodan said:
Space: 2039?? :LOL:

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My first thought also. That show was nowhere near as good as I remembered it, but it had Barbara Bain. That covered a multitude of flaws.
 
MP-5 said:
She was better looking than Spock!
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There was a show, also produced by Gerry Anderson in the U.K., called "UFO" that was a predecessor to Space:1999. I was a big fan of it back when I was about 12 or so. One of the stars was Wanda Ventham, who played Col. Virginia Lake. She is also the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch. I had a major kid crush on her!
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I believe in the future large metro areas (non-moon) will require small nuke plants to provide stable delivery. AI, data centers, factories,
electric vehicles (it their still around) will require large amounts of power only nuke energy can provide.
 
There was a show, also produced by Gerry Anderson in the U.K., called "UFO" that was a predecessor to Space:1999. I was a big fan of it back when I was about 12 or so.
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I have both series on DVD. UFO is pretty bad from a modern perspective looking back, but some of the special affects were remarkable back then. The mylar outfits were a hoot. Space: 1999 1st season holds up a little better, but the 2nd season was awful.

I was always more of a Sandra (Zienia Merton) fan... ;)

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Rodan said:
UFO is pretty bad from a modern perspective looking back, but some of the special affects were remarkable back then. The mylar outfits were a hoot.

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I found it on Pluto channel (I think) a couple years ago and rewatched several episodes. Didn't hold up well after a few decades of watching Star Trek, Star Wars and a bunch of other stuff with better special effects, CGI, and way better plots. But Col. Lake with her sexy Brit accent was as foxy as ever!
 
EPA wont allow it. The impact studyvssid it would kill the North American moon rock weasel. Then you got the protesters in space suits protesting. Then emminate domsin in moving the man on the moon and reloacting the cow. Not to mention you csm build a nuclear plant on cheese....just wont work.
 
Muddyboot said:
I believe in the future large metro areas (non-moon) will require small nuke plants to provide stable delivery. AI, data centers, factories,
electric vehicles (it their still around) will require large amounts of power only nuke energy can provide.
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That's pretty much the idea behind the SMRs. Compact nuke power plants of a standardized design that can be easily and quickly constructed anywhere that large quantities of power is required, such as to service large data centers, even supplying electricity to those users located in remote areas off the grid anywhere in the world.
 
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I posted this on another thread but i think it is more appropriate here.

The moon is but a stepping stone for further exploration of our solar system and beyond. Getting past some of our current understanding of the laws of physics will be required to make that leap to other solar systems in our galaxy. That will likely be several generations away. My father was a member of AIAA and some of those scientists had looked into some very interesting ideas concerning space travel/exploration.

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