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From: compton@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (David Compton)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space
Subject: Re: Moon or Mars? Editorial in _Air & Space Smithsonian_
Message-ID: <1384@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 88 03:00:42 GMT
References: <47032@sun.uucp> <1290@hubcap.UUCP> <4076@whuts.UUCP> <1022@thumper.bellcore.com> <48414@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: compton@silver.UUCP (David Compton)
Organization: Indiana University BACS, Bloomington
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In article <48414@sun.uucp> dunc@sun.UUCP (duncs home) writes:
>>2. You need power. This is much easier to obtain in orbit, since solar
>>panels will be illuminated for roughly half of each orbit. On the

	If you would think about it, a satellite could be in sunlight
almost all the time(e.g.) a polar orbit.  This makes it a better alternative
than the ground based nuclear plant.

dave

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