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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by Someone on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:32PM (#22537483)
On the minus side, Mars gets less than half the amount of sunlight per square meter.
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Re:Saturn's largest moon may be the only place beyond Earth ... by CydeWeys on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:39PM (#22538191)
That's true, but I think the fact that you get light reliably every day is still a big point in its favor. It's probably a lot less mass total to send up twice the solar panels and 18 hours' worth of batteries vs half the solar panels but 16 days' worth of batteries. Solar panels are pretty light; batteries are not.
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