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Power Tower in Space: Feasibility & Practicality
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[QUOTE="sophiecentaur, post: 6840654, member: 199289"] When any such system comes into your head (thoughts in the shower etc.) then here's a good feasibility test. In Earth's orbital position, every meter squared receives about 1kW of solar power. So you decide what power you need - say 10TW (to be worth while) and that tells you the sort of area your collecting structure would need, which shows you would need around 10[SUP]10[/SUP] m[SUP]2[/SUP] of collecting area. That's a lot bigger than we have managed so far - but give it time. [/QUOTE]
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