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09-17-2020 05:33 PM |
Re: [Spaceships] Query: Area of a Solar Panel Array
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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
(Post 2344028)
Yes, I would really much rather use fusion at TL9. It is the same cost per power point as solar and is not vulnerable to the inverse square rule. When you are attached to a body, you can also use it as a heat sink, so radiators are not really needed.
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I don't see fusion as working well with the hard science "Domed Mars" setting I want. (Fusion is too Ultra-Tech for my tastes here.) And I'm sure you meant "planet" or "celestial body" as a heat sink because ships still need radiators in a hard science setting. BTW what would the IR Sig of an underground fission reactor be?
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