“We do anticipate having to deploy nuclear systems on the lunar surface."
  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I thought we were talking about long-term energy storage.

    Kinetic storage devices are WAY simpler and WAY longer lasting. A big lunar rock suspended in a vertical shaft a couple hundred meters deep is probably going to have a higher MTBF than even the most advanced batteries or capacitors.