Hello friends! This week I was again asked an electrifying question:
Can you generate electricity in space?
This is a very interesting question.
The best option available to us at the moment is to use solar energy.
And we do already. you’ve probably driven past a solar farm or seen solar panels on houses.
But when it starts to rain or the night falls, these facilities stop working.
In space, however, there are no weather changes and the sun shines 24 hours a day all year round.
Now imagine a solar panel that's as big as 33 million soccer fields and attached to a satellite.
These panels capture sunlight, convert it into electricity,
and send this energy through the air to the ground, where special antennas receive the signal.
You could generate as much energy as you can with 500 wind turbines.
The technology is not quite there yet. But scientists predict that this could become a reality in about 10 years. "
