[ExI] pentagon wants orbiting solar power stations

[Samantha Atkins]

Does anyone know what the danger is from geosynchronous "space junk"?   
I would expect most of the junk is in lower orbits but it seems like a  
good thing to know in planning such a large orbital project.

- samantha

On Oct 12, 2007, at 7:37 PM, Spike wrote:

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> Hey, cool!
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> ...According to the report, "a single kilometer-wide band of  
> geosynchronous
> earth orbit experiences enough solar flux in one year to nearly  
> equal the
> amount of energy contained within all known recoverable conventional  
> oil
> reserves on Earth today."
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> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301479,00.html
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> spike
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