On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:11:12 -0800 (PST), Michael Wallis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>laying large swaths of this out on the lunar surface for instant power I was complaining about the difficulty of building an SPS on the lunar surface, and Dan suggested these as part of a solution. I still think PV is too mass-inefficient for a lunar SPS, but I don't know enough engineering to do a mass estimate on a sulfur vapor turbine generator simple enough to assemble telerobotically... Any way I look at it, space solar power is not a win without launch costs under $100/lb *and* significant government/foundation (as in, you'll never see this money again, so plan it that way) funding. This annoys me greatly. -R -- Every complex, difficult problem has a simple, easy solution - which is wrong. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
