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> Solar panels are hard enough to maintain on Earth. Isn't the main issue that they get dirty, though?
by entity345 8y ago
> Solar panels are hard enough to maintain on Earth.
Isn't the main issue that they get dirty, though?
- mooreds 8y agoI think they just degrade the same way they do on Earth. This PDF from 2003 talks about a 0.5% yearly degradation, which, if I recall correctly, is similar to ground based pv. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030068268.pdf&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj9nISuycXgAhUH44MKHYYAAk4QFjABegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw00teHST4Dc7O6YkeLc8Koj https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/n...