Gigantic LUNARSABRE Solar Street Lights to Illuminate the Moon.

The Science Connect TV News - LUNARSABRE Solar Street Lights to Illuminate the Moon - Scientists Gear up for Installation.
The Moon is a harsh environment, with extreme temperature fluctuations and long periods of darkness. For any potential lunar exploration missions, providing illumination during the long lunar night is a critical challenge.
One day on the moon lasts the equivalent of two Earth weeks, and the freezing lunar nights are no shorter. These long, dark nights have already proved disastrous for lunar landers that rely on sunlight for power - and they could pose even greater threats to human explorers in the coming decades.
Now, the space technology company Honeybee Robotics has proposed a solution: enormous lunar streetlamps that double as solar-powered batteries.
To address this, researchers are developing a colossal structure called LUNARSABER (Lunar Utility Navigation with Advanced Remote Sensing and Autonomous Beaming for Energy Redistribution). This towering structure, planned to be taller than the Statue of Liberty, will serve as both a solar power collector and a light source. It will be funded by the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to jump-start the next era of lunar exploration.
Building such a massive structure on the Moon is a formidable engineering challenge. While the concept might seem futuristic, the potential benefits of lunar streetlights are undeniable. As technology advances, this ambitious project could become a reality, paving the way for sustained human presence on the Moon.
Is this the beginning of lunar colonization?
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