Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-212.56.135.17-20160525143405/@comment-27565137-20160529022935

Bugthe wrote: Wri-El wrote: surviving in space for 97 years. Totally achievable.

While we can build something and stock it to survive 97 years in space, there is no way in hell that in orbit stations had the resources to survive for 97 years, let alone serve several times its original population. Every piece of equipment would be way WAY WAY past its expiration date. Its not just that the Solar panels and reactor will fail, but everything from seals, to transistors and they don't have the resources to manufacture it in space. But we are nit picking ;) That would be true if they used current technology. But we have no idea how far into the future they were before ALIE was created. Also look at the rovers fuel. They use photovoltaic panels that without a doubt are much more effective than current panels.