On 2016/02/18 10:10 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 17-2-2016 18:40, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> On 2016/02/17 10:24 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 17-2-2016 5:21, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>>> Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
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>>>>> Le 16/02/2016 19:12, Orchid Win7 v1 a écrit :
>>>>>> On 16/02/2016 06:01 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>>>>>> Would it be possible in the future to turn the Moon into a
>>>>>>> supercomputer? I am thinking along the lines on sending self
>>>>>>> replicating nanobots to the Moon that start replication when on
>>>>>>> the moon and combining to form a supercomputer. Apparently there
>>>>>>> is a lot of iron and silicon in the Moon's composition. Maybe a
>>>>>>> theme for a science fiction novel...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You're going to need a power source for that.
>>>>>>
>>>>> what is a 24/7 sun ? (excepted for a few eclipse once every few
>>>>> months; only the ones due to the earth hiding the sun)
>>>>>
>>>>> no atmosphere to diffuse the light, every spot get light along the 28
>>>>> days.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Someone is not used to the idea of a sun ;->
>>>
>>> There is some controversy about it in another thread ;-)
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am also considering taking it underground and using some form of
>>>> geothermal
>>>> energy. Obviously it would need to use a lot of energy for cooling as
>>>> well.
>>>
>>> Not much geothermal (selenothermal might be a more appropriate term)
>>> energy present I am afraid. Contrary to Earth, the Moon does not have a
>>> hot mantle and only a small core, partly molten.
>>
>> So if the nanobots were to convert as much of the mantle as possible
>> into a computer, it should get close enough to the core for
>> "selenothermal" energy?
>>
>
> I wonder. You would make the Moon shrink, wouldn't you ? And a smaller
> Moon....
>

The idea is to use self replicating nanobots that use the Iron and 
Silicon in the moon to build this computer. The ideal situation would be 
to build it in a way that doesn't expel any matter from the Moon nor 
shrink nor enlarge it. This might be a problem concerning cooling. Some 
say there are many types of glass on the moon, so maybe a photonic 
computer would be a good idea if it doesn't get as hot as the Iron and 
Silicon computer.

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