Re: "Reinventing the Solar Power Satellite" paper

fps_at_idiom.com
Date: 06/24/04 

To: sci-space-tech@moderators.isc.org
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:35:09 -0000

Iain McClatchie <iain-3@truecircuits.com> wrote:
>Francois> a space-based dichroic mirror array might be an equally valid
>Francois> form of power beaming to the ground while reducing terrestrial
>Francois> heating as compared to a simple mirror.
>
>This was covered right here fairly recently.

Quite, quite. I got here just recently, and on your recommendation
re-read the older posts. Thanks.

>What you're missing is a limitation of ordinary optics: nothing that
>simply reflects or diffracts sunlight can make a spot in the sky appear
>brighter than the sun. The crucial function of the photovoltaics +
>microwave transmitter is that they make a spot in the sky with huge
>power per steradian.
>
>[...clear & concise technical explanation why my idea is full of beans...]

Much appreciated.

(wait! This is Usenet! Civility Not Allowed! YOU PESSIMISTS IGNORE
 THE TRUE GENIUS BEHIND MY REASONING! GALILEO EINSTEIN!! BOOGA BOOGA!)

There, that should restore the natural order.

Cheers,
Francois.