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by Soylent
Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: Space Solar Power
Replies: 34
Views: 9675

There's the small problem of $11 000/kg costs of putting anything in geostationary orbit. And there's of course the pesky need for a ~1 km diameter 2.4 GHz antenna in orbit. The rectenna on Earth would need to be about ~10 km; you could make it smaller but then the transmitting antenna in orbit woul...
by Soylent
Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:16 pm
Forum: News
Topic: More EEStor news
Replies: 40
Views: 27777

Won't that bullet proof west go off like a bomb if the "ESU" takes a direct hit?
by Soylent
Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: To those concerned Obama was anti-nuclear (IntLibber)
Replies: 41
Views: 14520

It's necessary to get behind someone in order to stab them in the back. This doesn't mean that I distrust Obama or dislike his choice of Steven Chu; it's just a matter of fact that it's much easier for your criticism to be taken seriously if you are percieved as being part of a group of people who a...