06. Could there be blackouts in space? Would we be able to survive without electricity? (A K2S Question)

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There could be a blackout in space, because anytime we need electricity it is possible to lose that electricity. But, since we are going to be in space, far away from any repair person, we will need to carry spare parts and spare solar panels, and even a spare fuel cell. Today, the space program depends on electricity for everything it does. So if we lose electricity we cannot survive. If we are going to go to space on a regular basis, we need to come up with other ideas.

Answer provided by John Cavallaro

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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