Weekly Chat Reminder

2009-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

Space based solar power

2009-09-02 Thread hkhenson
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp. will join a 2 trillion yen ($21 billion) Japanese project intending to build a giant solar-power generator in space within three decades and beam electricity to earth. A research group representing 16 companies, including

ARPA-E-Announcement

2009-09-02 Thread hkhenson
A friend sent me this. The DOE people need to be educated, given the losers they funded on the last round. I don't know if it is possible, but they are asking for input. Keith ARPA-E-Announcement arpa-e-announcem...@hq.doe.gov 31-Aug-09 2:29 PM Advanced Research Projects Agency -

Re: Space based solar power

2009-09-02 Thread Chris Frandsen
Great analysis, thanks. Any change if we manufacture the panels in space. Lifting robotic manufacturing station first and then refuel with raw materials? learner On Sep 2, 2009, at 2:10 PM, hkhenson wrote: Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp. will join a 2