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Spinoff story
Suspended Solar Panels See the Light
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
To determine how well a suspended solar panel system would hold up to potentially destructive oscillations caused by wind, Skysun LLC in Cleveland, Ohio sought the help of NASA employees at Glenn Research Center through the Adopt-A-City program to verify its product would be safe from dangerous resonance.