On Wed, 20 May 2009 21:59:29 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:


:Or the Moon - nearer to Earth; no atmosphere at all (compared to Mars) and
:half the gravity of Mars. Also the Moon's closer to the Sun, so solar
:energy can be used for smelting materials and industrial processes.
:
:The two-week nights are the killer.
:

Start at the poles.

For the mass of the tower (to keep the arrays in sunlight) and the
power lines to the nearest convenient base site, you'd be pretty close
to a small reactor.

Brian