Re: ....BUZZ Aldrin Launches New Space Solar Power Alliance.
- From: "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:12:26 -0400
"Al G" <agerhart2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A GEO satellite would be in the dark half the time, Right?
No. Note the Earth has a tilt to it, so at 22,300 miles, you're "above" or
"below" the pole at least as far as the being able to see the Sun is.
A Polar orbit satellite would not have a place to "Beam" the power to.
Wouldn't such an installation have to be huge?
Would you want to live next door to the target area?
Sure, power would be cheap and I like living next to large open fields.
With many(thousands?) of expensive and polluting launches required to get
a 1/2 time Microwave beam with it's own losses and risks, how is this
"limitless clean power"?
Expensive, none. Since it's not cost effective. When launch costs start to
drop we'll see more talk.
As for polluting, moving to something like a LH2/LOX launcher solves most of
that problem (but not all).
Al G
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