Cheaper solar power 'crucial' for mission to Mars, says NASA
New technology roadmap identifies energy storage and solar among raft of green technologies needed for next wave of space travel
NASA's plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s in the hope people could one day live and work on the Red Planet will rely on major advances in solar power technology and energy storage. The US space...
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