Season 5, Episode 17: Solar Power for the Moon

Gravity Assist by Brian Dunbar

Oct 29, 202119:47Religion & Spirituality

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon through the Artemis program, engineers are working on technologies that will give these explorers power – solar power, that is. In space, the harsh radiation and huge tempe...

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