Re: Bush and VSE (was Re: Breaking News! NASA Astronaut Marsha Ivins Shitting Her Diapers!)

"Mike Combs" <mikecombs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I guess the only advantage of a LEO SPS over ground-based solar is no
interruptions due to cloud cover.

Forgetting for a moment the cost of getting anything there, the
supporting structure could be much less massive without gravity and
wind loads. (OTOH, without air to convect waste heat away you need
more radiator -- but I doubt that would be as much as you'd save on
"framing.")
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