solar power sats

> I always worked on the presumption that when lunar mining bases
are
> established that they would be powered by solar power satallites
in
> L1 and L2.

I would have guessed that the first lunar mining bases will be at
one of the poles, and powered by solar on-site rather than via
satellite.

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "terrierkeeper"
wrote:
>
> I always worked on the presumption that when lunar mining bases
are
> established that they would be powered by solar power satallites
in
> L1 and L2.
>
> To carry things further, this country already has a distribution
> system in the huge fuel lines that carry fuel from the ports with
the
> refineries to the fuel distribution points. Once we convert to
liquid
> hydrongen these pipes can be cleaned out and modified to carry the
> water from the desalinization plants along the coasts to the
cities
> where they can either be used imediately for agriculture or
cleaning
> or refined further for human consumption or seperated into
hydrogen
> and oxygen. Solar power from the sattalites powering the whole
> operation.
>
> In addition to which this country generates a large amount of
sewage.
> Solar power sattalites can be used to power massive Zimmerman type
> generators (I read about them in T.A. Heppenheimer's Colonies in
> Space Page 183) to purify sewage before returning it to the
> outside.
>
> --- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, Ravenart@a... wrote:
> >
> > Oh, yes, I forgot, use solar sat to power the mass driver to
launch
> cargos
> > from earth.
> >
> > In a message dated 10/11/05 6:15:21 PM,
> spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com writes:
> >
> > << Solar powered desalinization plants can cheaply purify sea
water
> into
> > potable water for both agriculture as well as human use. In
drought
> > prone places like California that can be a good source of
revenue.
> > Especially if they have large populations or agriculture areas.
> >
> > Water heated super hot by cheap solar power can be seperated
into
> > hydrogen and oxygen. With sources of oil being used up Liquid
> > hydrogen would be a good replacement fuel. >>
> >
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