Fred J. McCall wrote:
Rick Jones wrote:
Just a peanut-gallery guess, but a big, honking solar power
satellite is the first and only thing which comes to mind.
Even that's not worth it. It's still cheaper to build them down
here.
The almost (shy 3 minutes?) 24 hour sunlight at GEO is a nice draw,
though I suppose that even with storage enough for 24 hour supply it
is still cheaper to do terrestrially.
rick jones
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