$1/watt for trusses? (was $1/watt for PV panels?)

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Thread: $1/watt for trusses? (was $1/watt for PV panels?)

# 10943 byhitssquad@... on Oct. 22, 2008, 4:39 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

--- In spacesettlers 10566, ANTIcarrot wrote:
> SSP 'back of the envelope' study for the UK grid.
> 10GW satellite weighs 100,000 metric tons with 1980s
> tech; same as a Nimitz aircraft carrier.
> Assume a transmitter twice as big, which produces a
> rectenna half the size.
> Assume $10B for material and assembly costs; as for a Nimitz.

--- In spacesettlers, ANTIcarrot wrote:
> > From: hitssquad
> > That would be $1/watt, right? Would that include PV
> > panels? If so, what kind?
> Why the magic kind that runs on kitten whiskers and
> pixie dust of course...

That $10B would be $1/watt, right? Would that include PV panels? If
so, what kind?

Would that include trusses? What else would it include?