Marvin the Martian wrote:

:On Fri, 22 May 2009 12:25:51 -0700, Fred J. McCall wrote:
:
: Marvin the Martian wrote:
:
: :On Thu, 21 May 2009 20:49:08 -0500, Brian Thorn wrote: :
: : 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.
: :
: :I am waiting for someone to suggest putting the greenhouse in a hole at
: :the pole, surrounded by movable mirrors that can direct the light into
: :the hole on and off on a 24 hour cycle with a summer like duty cycle.
:
: Who's talking about a greenhouse?
:
: It's now obvious why you spend so much time talking to the Guthball...
:
:In my original post where I pointed out that the 24 hour day allowed a
:greenhouse for growing plants.
:

It's not all about you. You see anything about greenhouses in what's
quoted? Yeah, I thought not.

:
:You then misconstrued that into lunar solar energy. Similar, but not the
:same.
:
:Yet, the same problem with your polar solar collectors apply; you can't
:have them in each other's shadow, and the moon rotates, so you can't put
:them in a line far from the poles. As someone said, you'd need tall
:towers.
:

You're still not paying attention. Go back and read what I said
again. No 'tall towers' required.

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