Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site intelca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!intelca!cem From: cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Alternate Energy & Microwaves Message-ID: <375@intelca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 14:39:38 EDT Article-I.D.: intelca.375 Posted: Thu Aug 16 14:39:38 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 02:03:04 EDT References: <4196@utzoo.UUCP>, <369@utastro.UUCP> <4215@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: Intel, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 25 Why does a powersat have to reflect light back to earth at all? If you designed them to concentrate solar energy, as I assume one would, since metalized mylar is cheaper than solar cells, why wouldn't you design them to focus light in a "hidden" area of the sattelite(sp?) ie light ---> \/ <-+ light continues on ---> \/ <-| <-- uWaves \ | / +-- Two solar panels ^ | MicroWave Antenna Light is reflected to the solar cells (shown on the right) that are not reflecting back to earth. The incoming microwaves would be invisible to us (not radio telescopes of course) but certainly optical telescopes. Am I missing something here? -- -- Chuck - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!Dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {proper,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-} ARPAnet : "hplabs!intelca!cem"@Berkeley