A lunar day consists of 14 earth days of light and 14 earth days of darkness. For solar cells, this means that they deliver two weeks of electricity and then nothing more. The cold of the long night rarely survives a solar-powered lander until the next sunrise, which is why mission planners: so far often rely on nuclear power. Blue Origin takes a different path for the lunar South Pole. The company presented the Power Tower at the end of Septemb…
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A lunar day consists of 14 earth days of light and 14 earth days of darkness. For solar cells, this means that they deliver two weeks of electricity and then nothing more. The cold of the long night rarely survives a solar-powered lander until the next sunrise, which is why mission planners: so far often rely on nuclear power. Blue Origin takes a different path for the lunar South Pole. The company presented the Power Tower at the end of Septemb…