Wireless laser energy transmission in space.

On January 21, China announced that it could use the transmission of laser energy from lunar orbit to supply spacecraft on the moon, lunar base, equipment, rovers, everything that needs energy, not just the ships, to solve one One of the big problems with the exploration of the moon is that the days on the moon last a cycle of 14 days, 14 days of sunlight, but then there are 14 days of night and they are very cold. It is estimated that the temperature can drop below 200 degrees Celsius during the day, solar panels with sunlight work wonderfully on the moon and generate a large amount of energy, but with those 14 days of night and with That cold, batteries and other energy systems can run out to zero, they can be terrible, that is why Chinese scientists are betting on using wireless energy transmission using lasers, which would be the LWPT for its acronym in English.

It would be done from lunar orbiters and would thus supply the spacecraft, the bases and all the equipment that needs energy, especially during those long lunar nights, the LWPT uses laser beams to transmit energy wirelessly and can also support to operations in places where there are places on the moon where the sun never hits. There are lunar craters where the sun never enters, but they are very interesting because it is believed that they contain reserves of water ice that arrived aboard comets that crashed there and of course it is one of the main sources for obtaining water and with this system of Laser could be provided with energy to any equipment or robot or vehicle that goes to look for that water. In addition, it could also be provided with energy, for example, to the bases when they are inside the lunar caves, an antenna could be placed and thus supply energy for the bases that are inside the lunar caves.