unmoderated: Proposed lunar energy storage system

Ian Stirling,
At LL-1 there's nearly zero G and about as much nearby vacuum as you're
going to get without leaving the solar system.

Thus a 100 megatonne flywheel made extensively of composite basalt and
a few other lunar based fibers and elements (which is entirely doable)
is going to store a wee bit more energy than any one kg flywheel that's
spinning at nearly "c", which by the way is not sustainable nor hardly
doable.

At LL-1 there's no volume nor mass limitations, and there's certainly
damn little if any friction via the local environment nor having
physical bearings involved. Therefore, a multi-tonne flywheel as
energy storage is just the best ever ticket in town, as well as
situated along with the enormous safety advantage of such being roughly
60,000 km away from that otherwise reactive and downright nasty lunar
deck.

It's also by far the most rocket energy efficient getting whatever
to/from LL-1.
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Brad Guth

Life upon Venus, a township w/Bridge & ET/UFO Park-n-Ride Tarmac:
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/gv-town.htm
The Russian/China LSE-CM/ISS (Lunar Space Elevator)
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/lunar-space-elevator.htm
Venus ETs, plus the updated sub-topics; Brad Guth / GASA-IEIS
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/gv-topics.htm