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(solar cells can be non-reflective black, the reflectivity is just to double-dip the suns rays)
by spwa4 1y ago
(solar cells can be non-reflective black, the reflectivity is just to double-dip the suns rays)
- dotancohen 1y agoI had no idea, thank you! Such cells would be half as efficient I suppose, so would need to be twice as large and probably at least twice as heavy. I wonder how that might affect design and payload constraints as it scales.
- snickerdoodle12 1y agoOr you just wait twice as long, which seems fine for sleeper drones parked on a rooftop waiting for the target to come in range.