Power From Solar Panels, How do MER generate so much power? |
Power From Solar Panels, How do MER generate so much power? |
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At the beginning of their missions, both Spirit and Opportunity generated 800 watts of power. I did some searching from the web, and the solar panels I found sold commercially only generate 125 watts at most. I'm far from being an expert in solar power, but how could the solar panels on MER generate far more power on Mars than ones available here on Earth? Does NASA have more advanced solar panels that are not available commercially?
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With that much power they could add a light source on the rover too, if they wanted to do roving at night
![]() The possibilities with MSL are going to be HUGE |
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