Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!houxm!hou2h!ajw From: ajw@hou2h.UUCP (A.WIENERS) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Alternate Energy & uWaves Message-ID: <575@hou2h.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 10:39:32 EDT Article-I.D.: hou2h.575 Posted: Thu Aug 9 10:39:32 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 01:15:16 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 36 >> The real problem the originators had was whether the uWaves would effect the >> ionosphere (sp?). Subsequent testing (reported around 18 months ago?) showed >> no significant problems, although the details escape me. Anyone out there at >> Princeton/SSI (Space Studies Institute, i.e. G. K. O'Neill) to clarify this? >> (note: I'm not sure what the relationship between Princeton & the SSI is, and >> do NOT wish to imply any). >> >> art ihnp4!hou2h!ajw HO1B612 201/834-1142 (Earth) > None, that I know of between the Astrophysics Dept. here and the SSI. > -- > Bill Sebok Princeton University, Astrophysics > {allegra,akgua,burl,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,noao,princeton,vax135}!astrovax!wls Thanks for the feedback, but we're still looking for someone who knows where the SPS proposal went to (at least I am). I missed Space Day in Trenton a couple of weeks ago, thus missing both the SSI and L5 presentations. Did anyone "here" attend? Are we happy with the proposal and have proceeded to other matters? Have we determined infeasability? Another point in SunSat's (or whatever we're calling it) favor is that of all of our other alternatives, only Hydro dumps less waste heat into the biosphere. This may not seem critical yet, but there was a Science article approx 2 years ago which stated that 40% of the Antarctic cap (area) has melted in the last 30 years. Now, I found (find) that somewhat extreme, but the article didn't discuss the *arctic* cap's fate (a point in it's disfavor, to my mind - incompleteness) and I would think we would notice SERIOUS effects if 40% of the VOLUME of the cap had melted. Then again, Science is not what I would call an unreliable source. I DON'T want to start a discussion on the icecaps (yet). Can we get more info on the SunSats from someone first? art ihnp4!hou2h!ajw HO1B612 201/834-1142