Areas on Mars suitable for photovoltaic power systems (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Areas on Mars suitable for photovoltaic power systems

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Astronauts traveling to Mars will need to minimize the weight of the power system they take with them from Earth. Photovoltaics would be the best choice if their planned settlement site is in the yellow area on this flattened map of Mars. Also shown are the sites of previous missions that have landed on Mars, including Jezero Crater (upper right), which NASA’s rover Perseverance is now exploring.

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Image by Anthony Abel and Aaron Berliner, UC Berkeley

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