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He's talked about the idea, how much the two aspects - solar power and space - are things that excite him, and how it just is not a viable idea.
by SyzygistSix 4y ago
He's talked about the idea, how much the two aspects - solar power and space - are things that excite him, and how it just is not a viable idea.
- DennisP 4y agoHe made one comment, a decade ago, well before he started talking about $35/kg to orbit with Starship. In response to his famous question "what's the conversion rate," the answer is about 50%, according to the book The Case for Space Solar Power. That's not bad considering a panel in geostationary collects five times as much energy in 24 hours as a panel on Earth.