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From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Solar sails and Belt mining
Message-ID: <6301@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 16 Jun 91 00:19:01 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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Non-imaging optics could also improve the thermal efficiency of generators.
They could possibly turn a working fluid into plasma, driving an MHD generator.
This needs a fair bit of work in developing large-scale non-imaging optics and
in developing thermal radiators for use in space (though the techniques should
work here just as well).  I wonder how such a system would compare with other
solar generation schemes.
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Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca