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Article #4093Re: Moon or Mars? Editorial in _Air & Space Smithsonian_
From: David Compton
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 03:00
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 03:00
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In article <48414@sun.uucp> dunc@sun.UUCP (duncs home) writes: >>2. You need power. This is much easier to obtain in orbit, since solar >>panels will be illuminated for roughly half of each orbit. On the If you would think about it, a satellite could be in sunlight almost all the time(e.g.) a polar orbit. This makes it a better alternative than the ground based nuclear plant. dave -- compton@silver.bacs.indiana.edu ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!silver!compton compton@silver.UUCP compton%silver@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!rutgers!iuvax!silver!compton From: compton@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (David Compton) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space Subject: Re: Moon or Mars? Editorial in _Air & Space Smithsonian_ Message-ID: <1384@silver.bacs.indiana.edu> Date: 7 Apr 88 03:00:42 GMT References: <47032@sun.uucp> <1290@hubcap.UUCP> <4076@whuts.UUCP> <1022@thumper.bellcore.com> <48414@sun.uucp> Reply-To: compton@silver.UUCP (David Compton) Organization: Indiana University BACS, Bloomington Lines: 14