Necklace of Selene

In ancient Greek mythology, Selene (Σελήνη) is the goddess and personification of the Moon. As with every beautiful woman, Selene deserves a necklace on her neck so as the Moon.

Missions to the poles of the moon are already planned. One of the difficulties of those missions is the energy supply. The poles receive very low solar energy. In order to overcome this difficulty, I propose flexible wire-shaped solar cells that circle the moon. The distance needed to be covered in order to circle the moon is small when close to the poles. The flexible wire would be composed of sections. Some sections would serve as a solar cell. These sections would be large in diameter to stand out from the lunar surface. These sections would then be connected with thin conductive wires. The result would be a giant necklace circling the moon that serve as a solar battery for the polar base. The solar fibers would be connected in series to form a high voltage low current power supply. The end of each solar section would have a circuitry that could bypasses the solar fiber in case of a malfunction or lack of light. As a result, only the sections receiving light would be connected as solar battery and the rest would be bypassed as wires only. Circling the moon ensures 7/24 energy supply.

The solar fiber would be deployed by a special lunar rocket. The rockets forward momentum, gained by the trajectory from earth, would be used to lay the fiber on the surface of the moon. Once the spool of fiber finishes, the rocket would crash on the moon. Then, a special robot would be deployed near the solar fiber. This robot would clean and raise the sunken solar fiber from the lunar dust. If the fiber is deployed in sections, the robot would also connect these separate parts. The two ends of the fiber would be connected to the poles with wires. One end of the fiber would be the positive and the other end would be the negative of this long solar fiber.