The CHIPS Act is now disbursing awards and signing deals. One recent grant that caught my eye was awarded to the New Zealand-American space company Rocket Lab. The grant of up to $23.9 million is for the modernization and expansion of the company's fab in New Mexico, which produces space-grade solar cells. I have not heard of Rocket Lab until recently ... though it seems like the folks in the stock-trading world certainly have. But the idea of "space grade" solar cells was interesting to me. So this video is a simple one. Solar cells. In Space. Nuff said.
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