In New Space Race, Enter the Entrepreneurs

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Thread: In New Space Race, Enter the Entrepreneurs

# 22629 byFrank on June 9, 2010, 12:40 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

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> They only thing Mr. Bigelow has missing in my mind is either one of our
> 1.2 MW Solar Solar Arrays, a 8 MW European Sail Tower Module and 2 (two)
> 50 cm DS4G Ion Drive to go to the moon in 25 minutes. (45 if he wants to
> stop).
> Kevin

Hi Kevin,

Would the solar cell arrays of the ISS be sufficient to power such a or
even several of those drives?

Best wishes

Frank