10-08-2016, 06:58 AM
(10-07-2016, 06:26 PM)William Wrote: In the weightlessness of space there could be huge thin mirrors to concentrate the sunlight onto a photovoltaic panel. Solar could at least possibly be very easy out there, perhaps as far out as the Kuiper Belt.
That's a fair point. Solar could work. I just suspect that by this point in the future (at least 1000 years from now), nuclear (probably fusion) power will be the preferred option. But time will tell!
Joe Strout
Lead Developer, High Frontier