Space colony story mostly by Annita
Keith Henson
This isn't indexed by Google since it doesn't do that to the Wayback machine.
If someone wants to copy it to where it will get indexed, be my guest.
Keith
PS. I had not read the story for several years. It's downright
creepy in how close it got to the Kepler telescope which has a
confirmed list of nearly 1000 planets (though Kepler uses a different
method).
Keith Henson
It is a proposal to build solar power plants where the Sun shines close to 99% of the time. This video of transporting parts to GEO and building a thermal power satellite was recently made public. It was in a contest, but a team supported by the Chinese government won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Lrj35HcbQ
3000 of these could entirely replace the three cubic miles of oil (equivalent) of fossil fuel the human race uses each year. By the early 2030s if we got on it soon.
Cheaper than coal or oil too.
And because Skylon is a UK project, the UK has the lead in fixing energy, carbon, climate and the difficult economic times due to expensive energy.
Keith
martin.helsdon
And because Skylon is a UK project, the UK has the lead in fixing energy, carbon, climate and the difficult economic times due to expensive energy.
Skylon has received funding from the UK government and ESA. Reaction Engines Ltd gave presentations and had a desk at last year’s LonCon3 sf convention; the British Interplanetary Society was doing a roaring trade selling models of Skylon until they sold out.