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		XorNot on May 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dragon V2 Unveil – Webcast You gotta wonder if you couldn't just keep hooking them up to the ISS. Just send up more and more solar panels.

ceejayoz on May 30, 2014 [–]

IIRC Chris Hadfield recently noted in a Reddit IMA that power isn't an enormously constrained resource for them on the ISS. The hassle of saving and installing them might not be worth it.

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