GeekyGarden
GeekyGarden t1_iugg49l wrote
Reply to comment by astro_pettit in A view I captured of the sun between ISS solar panels. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
Nice. It's amazing the wide use cases for kapton. I work in IT for a wholesale greenhouse and the environment inside the greenhouse is extremely rough on electronics (temperature extremes, dust, and moisture). We use loads of kapton tape as an extra layer of thermal and dust protection for sensor and relay boards. I'm working on an older greenhouse now where the controllers were installed 25 years ago. Amazingly, the company that makes the equipment keeps their software backwards compatible. It'll be running Windows 11 by the end of the week.
With the automation we use in our facilities from environmental controls, to water filtration and recycling, and massive amounts of robotics, it's not hard to imagine greenhouses on the moon or mars in a few decades. I think aeroponics is going to be a huge game changer for growing crops on lunar and martian outposts. I grow enough produce for my wife and I using an aeroponics tower that has a footprint of 4 square feet.
GeekyGarden t1_iugge3f wrote
Reply to comment by bigbluealienPG in A view I captured of the sun between ISS solar panels. More details in comments. by astro_pettit
It's the next pair further out the truss. This photo was taken before the retrofit.