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If you want to get into space, you need combustible fuel. But if you want to stay operational in space, you need to harness the power of the sun itself.
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Sources:
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/217146702.pdf
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19870010947/downloads/19870010947.pdf
www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/solar_timeline.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20010123234800/http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-97/payload81.htm
nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-97.html
nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/solar_arrays-about.html
nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/np-2015-05-022-jsc-iss-guide-2015-update-111015-508c.pdf
nasa.gov/feature/new-solar-arrays-to-power-nasa-s-international-space-station-research
nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/changing-how-solar-power-rolls
energy.gov/articles/space-based-solar-power
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-002B
researchgate.net/publication/23615043_Measurement_of_orbital_dynamics_of_the_OAST-1_Solar_Array_using_recorded_video_images
nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-sts-41d-first-flight-of-space-shuttle-discovery
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8548030
Images
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:International_Space_Station_after_undocking_of_STS-132.jpg
nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/changing-how-solar-power-rolls
nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-sts-41d-first-flight-of-space-shuttle-discovery
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958-03-17_3rd_Vanguard_Successful.webm
youtube.com/watch?v=Qm-t0DgBVUs&t=29s&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory
youtube.com/watch?v=1Pm4MbIwRDw&ab_channel=NASAJohnson
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-41-D_Crew_Enjoying_Space_-_GPN-2004-00024.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_A._Resnik,_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg
If you want to get into space, you need combustible fuel. But if you want to stay operational in space, you need to harness the power of the sun itself.
Buy your Discovery and OAST1 pin before the end of August here: store.dftba.com/collections/scishow/products/scishow-pin-of-the-month-discovery-and-oast1-aug
Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
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Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow!
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Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow
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Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
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Sources:
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/217146702.pdf
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19870010947/downloads/19870010947.pdf
www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/solar_timeline.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20010123234800/http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/STS-97/payload81.htm
nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-97.html
nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/solar_arrays-about.html
nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/np-2015-05-022-jsc-iss-guide-2015-update-111015-508c.pdf
nasa.gov/feature/new-solar-arrays-to-power-nasa-s-international-space-station-research
nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/changing-how-solar-power-rolls
energy.gov/articles/space-based-solar-power
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1958-002B
researchgate.net/publication/23615043_Measurement_of_orbital_dynamics_of_the_OAST-1_Solar_Array_using_recorded_video_images
nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-sts-41d-first-flight-of-space-shuttle-discovery
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8548030
Images
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:International_Space_Station_after_undocking_of_STS-132.jpg
nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/changing-how-solar-power-rolls
nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-sts-41d-first-flight-of-space-shuttle-discovery
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958-03-17_3rd_Vanguard_Successful.webm
youtube.com/watch?v=Qm-t0DgBVUs&t=29s&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory
youtube.com/watch?v=1Pm4MbIwRDw&ab_channel=NASAJohnson
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-41-D_Crew_Enjoying_Space_-_GPN-2004-00024.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_A._Resnik,_official_portrait_(cropped).jpg
