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fromFast Company
3 days agoThe power that'll fuel NASA's Gateway Lunar Space Station
NASA's Gateway will use two roll-out solar arrays (ROSAs), each football-end-zone sized, delivering 60 kilowatts continuously to power the lunar station.
The uncertain future of science at the embattled space agency, meanwhile, took a back seat at the confirmation hearing for Jared Isaacman. NASA is at an inflection point, said Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which held the hearing. The agency must prioritize if we're to beat China back to the moonand then to Mars.