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February 18, 2019-China's China Academy of Space Technology Corporation is claiming that a proposed in-space solar farm would have a 99-percent uptime and harvest six times more power than terrestrial solar panels. The power station would likely weigh in around a thousand tons, so researchers are considering building it in space using robots and 3D printers.
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Jamie Whitney, Associate Editor
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