Asri-unix.689 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!sri-unix!POURNE@MIT-MC@Berkeley@CCA-UNIX Thu Feb 4 03:02:14 1982 Nuts --> Lunar solar-power station From: Jerry E. Pournelle David Criswell has looked at lunar power stations. They will be discussed at the l-5 sponsored space citizen convention in LA April 4-6 (if you don't know about this and want to, ask me). Criswell is, of course, a lunar nut; but a rather sound one, and he can make a pretty good case for "go to the moon with shuttles first; THEN worry about SPS, whether lunar or orbital; either way you gotta build out of SOMETHING and lunar materials are cheapest..." The L-5 sponsored citizens convention will also feature architects and engineers beginning serious design of a luar colony. JEP ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.