ʻO ka mea i hala koke aku nei, ua hele ʻelua ʻelua NASA astronauts Kate Rubins lāua ʻo Victor Glover Jr., i waho o ka International Space Station no kahi o 7 mau hola, a ua hoʻopau i ka pani ʻana o nā panela lā.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka pākaukau i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa ma ka International Space Station ma Dekemaba 2000 a he 15 mau makahiki ke ola lawelawe.ʻO ka manawa kēia e pani ai, akā ʻaʻole i pani ʻia a hiki i kēia manawa.Ma hope o kēia hoʻololi ʻana, e hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka mana o ka lā o ke kahua kikowaena mai 160 kilowatts a i 215 kilowatts.
E like me ka manaʻo o kēia manawa o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ikehu hou, ʻo nā cell solar ka ʻenehana maoli i kūkulu ʻia no ka aerospace.Ma hope o ke komo ʻana o ka mokulele i ka lewa, pono ia i ka ikehu e hana no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā ʻaʻohe oxygen i ka lewa, no laila ʻaʻole pono ka ikehu fossil maʻamau, no laila pono e hoʻohana ʻia ka ikehu hou.
I ka ikehu hou, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka mana makani a me ka hydropower.Aia ka lā ma ka lewa wale nō, no laila ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā pila e hiki ke hana i ka uila mai ka ikehu lā.Ua lilo lākou i hoʻokahi o nā kumu ikehu no nā satelite a me nā kikowaena lewa, a kōkua nui pū i ka ʻoihana aerospace.
Ma hope o nā makahiki he nui o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ua hele aku nā photovoltaics mai ka ʻenehana aerospace hiki ʻole ke hoʻomau i ka ʻenehana ʻenehana, e hoʻomaka ana me ka upstream silicon materiales, midstream backplanes a me ke aniani photovoltaic, downstream inverters a brackets, etc.lilo i mea ikaika no ka ikehu hou.