Indeed but there have been some very big solar panels unfolded, the spacestations people put up there had some huge ones, although some of those had some issues unfolding too, you'd think that over 30 years they figured out what to look out for and make it work, but I guess they just keep having fresh engineers that start from scratch. And I guess the thinness and low mass of the sails don't help if they already have trouble with panels. On the plus side, perhaps once they get it right we get some newfangled umbrellas as spin-off, space umbrellas.
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Hmmm...when I was watching "when We Left Earth," I don' think I saw one solar panel deploy properly...here's hoping.
It's only news when they don't. There are thousands of sats up there running on solar that had perfect deployments.
Wrong kind of solar power.
Solar PANELS produce electricity from sun light.
Solar SAILS replace the need for rockets, basically acting like a giant kite.
Indeed but there have been some very big solar panels unfolded, the spacestations people put up there had some huge ones, although some of those had some issues unfolding too, you'd think that over 30 years they figured out what to look out for and make it work, but I guess they just keep having fresh engineers that start from scratch. And I guess the thinness and low mass of the sails don't help if they already have trouble with panels.
On the plus side, perhaps once they get it right we get some newfangled umbrellas as spin-off, space umbrellas.