Solar Energy Outperforms Nuclear on Powering Crewed Missions to Mars: Scientists | LatestLY - LatestLY

This required modelling and accounting for a number of factors, such as how gasses and particles in the atmosphere might absorb and scatter light, which would affect the amount of solar radiation at the planet's surface.

Berkeley, April 30: Researchers from the University of California have argued that human ground expedition on Mars can be powered by solar energy harvesting. Modern science has exposed the red planet… [+4323 chars]

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