California Utility to Capture Solar Power in Space...Article

J0nathan wrote:
"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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"J0nathan" wrote:

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:"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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: "jonathan" wrote:
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: :For those of us that wish to see space exploited, how best
: :to get the commercial sector involved? Space tourism?
: :Or something with an unlimited potential for growth
: :and profit like this?
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: Try running the numbers and see.
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:Thanks for replying. I'm coming from a political perspective
:more than a scientific one.
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:Those numbers are not important. A simple cost analysis does
:not highlight what an SSP program could give us for two
rimary reasons.
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Then you're just engaging in handwavium and wasting everyone's time.


Nonsense, I remember seeing a 1970's desktop calculator where it
could do only the basic operations and logs. Nothing else.
It cost $375....back then. What that, a months pay?

Lead acid batteries have been around much longer, and they're still
expensive. They probably represent a better model for how the cost of
solar cells will change than consumer electronics does.

Sylvia.