On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:25:55 -0500, cavelamb himself
wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:17:38 -0500, cavelamb himself
wrote:
Wes wrote:
clay wrote:
completely ridiculous idea.
It currently costs $10,000 to send an astronaut a bottle of water to
drink. How much do you think it is going to cost to put solar reflectors
in space. They reflect sunlight, they reflect microwaves (Jaxa). the
efficiency and actual cost of this idea puts it out of practicality.
ca
Isn't there pressure exerted by the suns energy on any array of cells? Assuming I'm
thinking right, how do you keep a massive solar collector from being pushed against and
slowed in orbit?
I can't remember if the array would go up in orbit or down in orbit but is sure wouldn't
point at the recieving station for long.
Wes
Orbital mechanics is really simple - in theory.
Slow down - go down.
Speed up, go up.
Refering to the center of the orbit.
Heliocentric, in this case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism
The Solar Wind question is a good one and isnt solved by orbital
mechanics when the exerted forces come from things other than gravity.
Gunner
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those
who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality",
John F. Kennedy.
The "Solar Wind" comes from the Sun, Guns.
What these people are describing is good science fiction.
More like solar sails that power systems.
Not really viable.
But as the arrays do get bigger, there has to be some effect from
solar wind, albeit small.
Who want's to microwave the atmosphere???
Ask the buffoons on one of the alt.energy newsgroup at the moment, as
they discuss beamed power from satillites and how it would solve all
of our problems.
And the Greens bitch about "bird strikes".....wait until someone fires
up a couple mega joule microwave beams to Earth.....
Some of those borons dont have a clue...or two functioning
braincells...
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those
who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality",
John F. Kennedy.