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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: spinoffs
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Date: Fri, 29-Nov-85 11:30:49 EST
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> >I am skeptical.  There is not one product yet identified that is a good
> >bet for large scale space manufacturing.  
>  
> Powersats.  How much is ten gigawatts of installed electrical capacity 
> worth today?
> . . .
> in fifty years, Powersat Inc. is going to be high up in the Fortune 500.
>  
I'm skeptical.....
Let me point out one thing which was suggested and pointed out by two visiting
sources: Hans Mark when he was #2 man and another speaker.  At this time,
the people who have the most experience in this area are the Soviet and
the Japanese (yes!).  In fact, the Japanese have made a very interesting
proposal to supply power to the US space station using a scaled-down
version of microwave technology.  The effort is being pushed as an
international effort.  If this is the case, it's not clear to me that
a clear picture exists.  Again, let me point out the Soviet have used
GaAs technology in their arrays.

--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
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