TEW Magazine

  We may require a crew of robots to guide incoming sunlight to shaded areas that would provide solar power to see the light of day as humanity seeks to establish a long-term presence on the Moon. Maxar Technologies said on Monday that it is creating a system with NASA that will bounce incoming sunlight to solar panels situated in the dark, provide solar power which offering a variety of applications. Light Bender System Robots operating independently in the lunar environment would have to construct the Light Bender system. Any device that needs power, like rovers, robots, communications systems, habitats, research instruments, or other devices, could be equipped with the receiving  solar panels . It’s a brilliant idea that could provide solar power to areas or places (like impact craters) that would never otherwise get sunlight. These shadowy locations on the surface of the Moon, notably those around the lunar south pole that are shielded from sunlight, may contain important...