Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ...
by kibwen on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @02:38PM
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This is an interesting development, although note that a full day-night cycle on the moon is 29 Earth-days long. This means that unless you want to have enough batteries to last two whole weeks, you're going to be limited to putting your solar-powered outpost in the few places with near-constant access to light; basically the high bits of craters near the poles.
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ...
by beakergordon on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @03:16PM
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On this note, does anyone know the tentative plan for the upcoming Artemis missions? Looks like they're slated for 30 days, but at least a few of those will probably be spent in transfer orbits. It makes me wonder if that timeline is configured to line up to an exact day-only time window on the surface.