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Why a lunar base would best be built on a plateau that is always in sunlight?
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∙ 12y ago
Solar electricity is needed so to keep the base running it would need to be in light.
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How much of the moon is lighted by sunlight?
At any given moment, only 50% of the moon is exposed to sunlight (just like the earth), assuming there is no lunar eclipse ocurring. However, over the course of a month, the entire lunar surface will be exposed to sunlight.
Is the near side (facing Earth) always the dark side?
We on earth always see the same face of the moon, but the "dark side" of the moon is not always dark. For example, in a lunar eclipse, the back side of the moon is receiving all of the sunlight, while the side facing us receives none.
Who built the lunar rover?
The Lunar Rover was a joint venture between Boeing and General Motors and was a costs plus contract that started out at $19M and ended up upwards of $38M after prototypes and and trainers were built.
What is sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon and back called?
It's called a Lunar Eclipse or Solar Eclipse!
How would a lunar eclipse look if Earth had no atmosphere?
We would not get the same redness that we do from sunlight shining through our atmosphere.
What percentage of the moon is illuminated during all lunar phases?
Half of the Moon is always illuminated, except during a lunar eclipse. We see phases of the Moon when the half we can see doesn't match the half that's in sunlight.
What kind of eclipse occurs when sunlight on its ways to the moon is blocked by earth?
lunar eclispse
What is it called when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the earth?
a Lunar Eclipse
Should there be a lunar base built on mars why?
No there should not be a lunar base built on Mars, because the word Lunar refers to the moon, and not Mars. If the question is, should a Martian base be built on Mars, that's a different question.
What is it called when the moon blocks the earths sunlight?
A Lunar Eclipse
How much of the moon is lighted by sunlight?
At any given moment, only 50% of the moon is exposed to sunlight (just like the earth), assuming there is no lunar eclipse ocurring. However, over the course of a month, the entire lunar surface will be exposed to sunlight.
What is is called when earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon?
a Lunar Eclipse
What was the lunar module built for?
to go to space
What is the differences between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
a solar eclipse is where the earth blocks the sunlight to the moon (sun--earth--moon) a lunar eclipse is where the moon blocks the sunlight to the earth (sun--moon--earth)
What kind of eclipse occurs when earth stops sunlight to the moon?
A lunar eclipse.
What is it when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the earth?
a Lunar Eclipse
What kind of eclipse occurs when sunlight on its way to the Moon's blocked by earth?
lunar eclispse
