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Solar energy isn’t that much more efficient in Earth orbit than on Earth - maybe twice as efficient. That sounds nice, but you’re saving half of your solar pane
by gbear605 1y ago
Solar energy isn’t that much more efficient in Earth orbit than on Earth - maybe twice as efficient. That sounds nice, but you’re saving half of your solar panel cost while massively increasing every other cost.
- mplanchard 1y agoThe one benefit is being able to be in a synchronous orbit with the sun, so you don’t have to contend with night. However, that’s just another ~doubling of efficiency, which I think still nowhere near makes up for the additional costs.
- DrillShopper 1y agoIt also makes the cooling problem more difficult.
- mplanchard 1y agoYeah, it seems like the cooling is pretty much the number one implausible thing among a raft of implausible things