Seth Potter says SBSP is $240/watt (was Why Sustainable Power is Uns

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# 22220 byhitssquad on March 3, 2009, 10:11 p.m.
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> I can make a case for power sats in the range of $800/kW.

Seth Potter of Boeing recently made a case for 5-gigawatt GEO power sats in the range of $240,000/kW:
http://www.sspi.gatech.edu
http://www.sspi.gatech.edu/aiaa-2009-0462_ssp_alternatives_potter.pdf

"For a 5 GW GEO SPS, the
installation cost (including
launch) is about $240 per
watt"