Adam said: > G. Harry Stine proposed something like this back in the late 70's, but > he was recommending satellites. It seems to me that satellites would > be cheaper and more efficient, as well as easier to build, control and > maintain.
However, solar cells are just about the only thing it's possible to easily produce using resources on the Moon. You then just have to launch a small factory to make them, rather than launching huge numbers of them from Earth to synchronous orbit. Rich, who thinks that exploiting near-Earth asteroids and comets is the best way to industrialise space.
