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mplanchard
9 months ago
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The one benefit is being able to be in a synchronous orbit with the sun, so you don’t have to contend with night. However, that’s just another ~doubling of efficiency, which I think still nowhere near makes up for the additional costs.
DrillShopper
9 months ago
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It also makes the cooling problem more difficult.
mplanchard
9 months ago
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Yeah, it seems like the cooling is pretty much the number one implausible thing among a raft of implausible things
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