If the Earth's magnetotail is strong enough to worry about affects on astronauts, can we use it to our benefit and generate electricty to power the "moon base". If the passage through the magnetic field is periodic, it sounds like a perfect implemntation of generator effect. Plus, with such a strong field - and large capacity storage - it may be possible to generate all required power over the 6 day period of tail crossing and store the remainder for use during tail non-crossing. Sounds like it would at least be worth investigating?
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If the Earth's magnetotail is strong enough to worry about affects on astronauts, can we use it to our benefit and generate electricty to power the "moon base". If the passage through the magnetic field is periodic, it sounds like a perfect implemntation of generator effect. Plus, with such a strong field - and large capacity storage - it may be possible to generate all required power over the 6 day period of tail crossing and store the remainder for use during tail non-crossing.
Sounds like it would at least be worth investigating?