DW> Certainly, the ISS is is darkness for a significant fraction of the
 DW> time, but that's no reason to waste the sunlight it does get.    
 DW> I don't follow your "as much logic" argument. 

where do you get "significant fraction" from? it takes 90 minutes
for the ISS to go around the earth... seems to me that 45 minutes of that
is in the light and the other half in the dark ;)

)\/(ark