On 10/17/2016 8:47 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
wrote:
As high efficiency solar panel on Mars would only deliver a daily average
of about 40 W/m^2, low efficieny panels means a LOT of panels.
You have a point?
yes he does, and you missed it.
low light = lots of panels = even more problems
got it ?
For extra Credit list the problems,
(hint, there are 8 major problems)
Making solar panel silicon is very energy intensive, so how do you
bootstrap a solar panel plant other than with a reactor or shipping
huge amounts of panels, mounting hardware, and cement for the posts?
Initial power would come
from a number of relatively small nuclear reactors. The first two
down would provide power for a chemical plant making methane and
'hotel power' for an initial habitat. These are relatively small
reactors, so having lots of them with each assigned to a specific
application is not a major problem.
you're in dreamland again... Nothing real, none of that exists.
and WHY ? to collect rocks on Mars ? For Geology ?
f*ck that !!
take that 16 Billion and give Jobs to people in the USA building
factories here.