NASA’s Europa Clipper Gets Set of Super-Size Solar Arrays https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-europa-clipper-gets-set-of-super-size-solar-arrays
funwithtentacles on August 28, 2024 11:22 pm No matter the spacecraft, the solar pane tests always seem to be an important milestone… I’ve never really understood why…
Glucose12 on August 28, 2024 11:33 pm Nothing going beyond the orbit of Mars should be using Solar. They should all be fully powered by RTG. Anything else is silly.
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No matter the spacecraft, the solar pane tests always seem to be an important milestone…
I’ve never really understood why…
Nothing going beyond the orbit of Mars should be using Solar.
They should all be fully powered by RTG. Anything else is silly.