Moon craters filled with dust
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I found this to be an incredibly insightful read!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event
Craters on the moon positioned at the poles are different from craters around the sides of the moon. The difference stems from solar winds: solar winds are charged and regularly sweep across the surface of the moon. The only part of the moon permenately untouched by the solar winds are craters at the N and S poles. This is because the wind travels in a straight line over the tops of polar craters and does not clean them out as happens on other craters about the moon which get hit directly with by the solar wind. This produces a static differential. Often times there are rare metals in lunar craters such as iridium that make excelent grounding points(for the polar craters). As static charge builds(often to hundreds of volts) dust becomes attracted to the polar craters and fills them in!
I speculate that we might have the capability of harvesting electricity from these polar craters (asuming the charge builds quickly enough) to power small moon bases.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%E2%80%93Paleogene_extinction_event
Craters on the moon positioned at the poles are different from craters around the sides of the moon. The difference stems from solar winds: solar winds are charged and regularly sweep across the surface of the moon. The only part of the moon permenately untouched by the solar winds are craters at the N and S poles. This is because the wind travels in a straight line over the tops of polar craters and does not clean them out as happens on other craters about the moon which get hit directly with by the solar wind. This produces a static differential. Often times there are rare metals in lunar craters such as iridium that make excelent grounding points(for the polar craters). As static charge builds(often to hundreds of volts) dust becomes attracted to the polar craters and fills them in!
I speculate that we might have the capability of harvesting electricity from these polar craters (asuming the charge builds quickly enough) to power small moon bases.
