DAFC Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/turning-the-moon-into-a-giant-space-solar-power-hub-131203.htm Not as difficult as it sounds apparently. All the resources are on the moon for building the panels and there's water below craters in the South. Apparently it would cost half a trillion - this is the same that all the oil and gas companies spend in two years so it is affordable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Off you pop then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 That's going to be a hooruva cable bringing the power back to a hot water tank in Lenzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Have a read about solar sails. Cool as f**k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Mr Spoon will be seething that he's not thought about this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The aliens in the bases up there are not going to like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 The solar panels will simply heat up and melt the cheese. Now if we send up two massive slices of toast...... Dammit, he's seen through our plans! Operation moon toastie, mission abort. This is not a drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappiecat Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Stupid idea, someone's dropped a clanger there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_blue Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 what about solar panels on the sun? /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 how can they have solar panels on the moon- they won't work at night surely... they certainly won't work when the inhabitants of West Lothian catch the moon in a bucket... again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The aliens in the bases up there are not going to like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The solar panels will simply heat up and melt the cheese. Now if we send up two massive slices of toast...... Roasted Cheese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Just done a deal with CR Smith. Was half price because I signed today. Getting a conservatory on Mars thrown in too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyerTon Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It will be 42 years this December since Men last walked on the Moon. Who will be the first back? And when? The Yanks were planning on going back by the end of this decade, but that was all cancelled along with the Space Shuttle. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/main/cev.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septentrional Wasp Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Who will be the first back? And when?Probably the Chinese...Just for the cwaic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It will be 42 years this December since Men last walked on the Moon. Who will be the first back? And when? No one will return, nasa was 'warned off'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Just done a deal with CR Smith. Was half price because I signed today. Getting a conservatory on Mars thrown in too. Anyone who thinks that it is genuinely 'half price' because they sign on the day would probably believe the 'conservatory on Mars' speil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Anyone who thinks that it is genuinely 'half price' because they sign on the day would probably believe the 'conservatory on Mars' speil. This. Bunch of crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom McB Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Idea is totar borrocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyman Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The aliens in the bases up there are not going to like this. apollo 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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