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   JRS:  In article , dated Thu, 17   
   Mar 2005 02:07:36, seen in news:sci.space.tech, Rick Jones  posted :   
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   >Would the dark/night side of a lunar power grid be cold enough to be   
   >more easily (than on earth) constructed from superconducting   
   >materials?   
      
   I believe that I have read that for an east-west line in mid-northern   
   latitudes it would be enough to put the cable at the south side of the   
   base of a trench-and-berm, in such a fashion that the cable could "see"   
   a large amount of "sky" without ever "seeing" either the Sun or any   
   surface illuminated by the Sun.  Present-day "high-temperature   
   superconductors" would be used.   
      
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