Re: ....BUZZ Aldrin Launches New Space Solar Power Alliance.



"Rick Jones" <rick.jones2@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Al G" <agerhart2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
With many(thousands?) of expensive and polluting launches required

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).

And is it really that big a problem even if it is RP1(?)/LOX. Apart
from maint, those are a one time thing, not like the recurring release
of carbon et al from running a conventional power plant.


One difference with any of the resulting combustion byproducts is that a
launcher can dump them a lot higher up into the atmosphere than a
conventional power plant. This changes the impact of the resulting
chemistry.



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