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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by rippercushions on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:38PM (#34799802)
However, there's no atmosphere or weather to worry about on the moon, so I'd expect that to improve efficiency quite a bit compared to the Earth.

The real challenge with solar power on the Moon remains the two-week day/night cycle, which means either massive batteries (impractical) or awkward polar cliff locations to minimize the hit.

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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by freeone3000 on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:45AM (#34800536)
Or a (partial) ring around the equator, video game style.
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Re:Blue Origin manufactured solar cell prototype from lunar ... by mLuby on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @01:15AM (#34800668)
There is a thin "atmospheric" layer of molecules floating around the lunar surface. Indistinguishable from vacuum for most purposes but it might affect that many 9's of purity.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphe...

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