Laser SPS allows hybridization with T-solar (was Laser to Hawaii?))

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Thread: Laser SPS allows hybridization with T-solar (was Laser to Hawaii?))

# 12731 byalglobus@... on March 30, 2013, 6:50 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

On Mar 30, 2013, at 11:36 AM, hitssquad wrote:

> One advantage of a passive, geo-fixed-prientation system like this is that it largely avoids the tidal-force problem that plagues typical SPS proposals.

Could you explain the 'tidal-force problem'?