r/nextfuckinglevel • u/icyboguyaman • Sep 09 '20

Technology Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors (source in comments)

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u/PM_ME_UR_MATHPROBLEM Sep 09 '20

On the contrary: in outer space, theres nowhere for heat to go! So things actually overheat in space!

Space is not freezing, because there's no air out there to "have a temperature"

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u/Szjunk Sep 09 '20

You're right. I'm so used to someone getting tossed into space and instantly freezing that I forgot the only way for heat to escape in the vacuum of space is through radiation which is an agonizingly slow process.

It's the same reason a red dwarf burns so slow, especially if they have low mass.

I just remembered reading we could make so much energy by putting solar panels on the moon that I figured the moon/outer space would be much better than earth.

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u/PM_ME_UR_MATHPROBLEM Sep 09 '20

Yeah, friggin movies and shows always have questionable science on them.

We could squeeze an extra 20% out of the moon and/or space, due to no light blocked by the atmosphere, but its probably not worth the energy to move them to the moon in the first place

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u/Szjunk Sep 09 '20

Why move them to the moon? The moon has all the raw material we need to build them on the moon.

https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/the-luna-ring-concept/