This logic doesn't apply to earth because escaping the atmosphere is slightly more expensive than shipping stuff from china. They're trying to avoid spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in rocket fuel to get solar panel materials up there every single time they need a new panel
JimJimmyJamesJimbo t1_j9z9bbd wrote
Reply to comment by telendria in Blue Origin makes solar cells out of simulated moon dirt with 'alchemist' project by spacedotc0m
This logic doesn't apply to earth because escaping the atmosphere is slightly more expensive than shipping stuff from china. They're trying to avoid spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in rocket fuel to get solar panel materials up there every single time they need a new panel