Lunar Power Satellite

Thanks for the info. Such a scheme would allow more power to come
online for the mining base without need to continualy expand the
rectenna farm.

Also, when the launching from the base diminishes, perhaps because
of increasing asteroidal imports, then the power sats
are "reasonably" mobile and perhaps can be utilized in geosynchronus
orbit.

As for orbit at L1, of course, the orbit will need to be maintained
for such a massive structure. The other consideration would be power
from lunar surfacem either at equator or pole. But what this does is
it ties the power facility to the lunar surface forever.

It would be interesting to more thoroughly examine the bootstrapping
process and the economics of the polar versus L1 scenario, to
determine which is most plausable. Of course, I'm completely
discounting nuclear power because of earth launch concerns, and
equatorial power and storage as viable options. My analysis of the
polar/L1 situation is about a week away. I'd love to hear opinions
on which makes the most sense.

--- In spacesettlers@y..., Ian Woollard wrote:
> Well, a rectenna mainly consists of wire, capacitor and
> diode(s), so it depends whether you have the manufacturing base
> for that; you may well be able to import the capacitors and
> diodes though.
>
> victoriatangoman wrote:
>
> > Isn't L1 stable in two of the three axis. It's only about
30,000 km
> > from the surface and might present a more elegant solution to
power