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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

This is gonna sound so dumb... But they had solar panels back then?!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Carter called for solar panels to be installed on the White House in 1979. Modern ones are probably way more efficient but they were definitely a thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Solar panels have also been used in space mission for a very long time. The first solar powered probe was Vanguard 1 in 1958

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