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>>mindra+(OP)
What about on the Moon? My understanding is that heat is the killer. There you could sink pipes into the surface and use that as a heat sink. There are “peaks of eternal light” near the poles where you could get 24/7 solar power.

Latency becomes high but you send large batches of work.

Probably not at all economical compared to anywhere on Earth but the physics work better than orbit where you need giant heat sinks.

>>api+17
The Moon doesn't have a magnetic field, though, so the second half of the article discussing difficulties due to radiation would still apply, right?

>>morcus+H7
Not if you bury it in regolith. That’s an idea for a Lunar base too. The design is called “Hobbit holes.” Bury the occupied structures in piles of basically any local mass you can bury them in.

It’s another huge problem for orbit though. Shielding would add a ton of mass and destroy the economics.

>>api+G8
Lunar regolith is so abrasive that digging holes or tunnels isn't going to be cost effective.

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20250000687