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NNadir

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5. Well, at least they're not covered by snow, like the solar cells I saw last week in Massachusetts.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 22, 2024, 10:37 AM

Jan 2024

Solar cells, of course, do have a reliability problem; on Earth it's called "night."

It''s too bad the Japanese couldn't get their hands on a little ²³⁸Pu.

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