On Writing Styles, I See What you Mean. But I Think you were within your Rights, to Make Constructive Mention of it so. I Shud Not Subject you my Fellow Readers / Survival Mates, to Unduly Difficult Reading, However Unintended. You and some Others were So Within your Rights, as I See It!

Now on your Space Survival Thots. I Thot About the Implications of Solar Energy on Mars or Deeper Space, too. In the Interests of Simplicity / Clarity / and Brevity, though, I Left it Out. But you would Need More Square Area of Panel, andor More Sensitive Detector Materials, for an Equal Amount of Electrical Power Generation. Regarding Earth-Moon Distances from the Sun on the One Hand, and the Further Mars Distances on the Other. The Sun is Coorespondingly Dimmer and Weaker, at Mars Distances.

Now concerning the Other, Atmospheric Absorption Factor, This shud be Pretty Negligible, in the case of Mars, Given it's Much Thinner, Quite Negligible Atmosphere. In the case of our Own here around Earth, The Effect is Substantial. Just Picture the Brightest Summer Afternoon you ever Saw!, perhaps on Desert Sands and Such, Then Increase That by at Least a Third or More! That's us here. But on Mars Itself, It's Quite Thin Air, Has Little such Effect. It's "Air" Itself, that is. Mars's Commonplace Dust Storms (Another Survival Matter!), and Lingering Dust Left Hanging in it's Atmosphere, Can be Quite Another Matter! Already, the Spirit Rover on Mars, has Access to about a Quarter Less Sunlight than Normal, Due to some Recent Mars Dust Storm. So True!, Except for it's Dust Levels, Mars's Atmosphere Has Little to No Further Filtering Effect.

In short, Mars's Greater Distance, Coupled with it's Lingering Dust Levels, would Have It that you'd Need Greater "Collector Power",for the Same Amount of Electricity.

Now on NASA Letting you Take Along your EDC and Other Gear, I Honestly Don't Know! <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> You might Have to Ask Them! Better yet, Smuggle It in!, -just in Case! [color:"black"] [/color] [email]Eugene[/email]