If that station needs all those solar panels to generate power for itself then this picture helps prove how they can’t be used as a major, reliable power source on Earth.
6 posted on 06/08/2011 3:45:27 PM PDT by Fledermaus
(As long as John Boehner is Speaker, conservatives are screwed. He's a coward and a crybaby.)
Part of those panels are heat transfer panels (radiators). One of the problems in space is no convection or conduction from atmosphere. Getting rid of heat can be a problem.
/johnny
16 posted on 06/08/2011 4:08:20 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper
(Gone Galt)