Re: Sunlight Collector for Pluto Orbit Greenhouse

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Success_Machine — 12/31/2001 11:57:36 AM (archived)

A greenhouse to support 10,000 people requires about 1300 hectares. If it orbited Pluto at the edge of the solar system its sunlight collector would have to be 68.8 kilometers in diameter.

Now that I think about it, building a greenhouse out there in the first place would be a monumental undertaking, and the sunlight collector would probably not be a relatively big concern.

Sunlight is best anyways.

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Using Sunlight to Grow Food in Space - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 11:36:26 AM
- R.A.D.I.A.T.I.O.N. - E.P.Grondine - 1/1/2002 9:37:22 AM
  - Re: R.A.D.I.A.T.I.O.N. - Success_Machine - 1/1/2002 10:29:14 AM
    - Re: Picture this... - Success_Machine - 1/1/2002 11:37:00 AM
      - Re: To mass produce these panels... - Success_Machine - 1/1/2002 11:47:30 AM
        
        That does get around the radiation problem! - E.P. Grondine - 1/1/2002 10:01:02 AM
- Re: Using Sunlight to Grow Food in Space - gbaikie - 12/31/2001 2:01:08 PM
  - Re: New update to that chart - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 12:06:20 PM
  - Re: A couple months back I did a serious bit of number crunching - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 9:25:14 AM
    - Re: A couple months back I did a serious bit of number crunching - gbaikie - 1/1/2002 8:16:17 PM
      - Re: A couple months back I did a serious bit of number crunching - Success_Machine - 1/1/2002 10:06:05 AM
        
        Re: A couple months back I did a serious bit of number crunching - gbaikie - 1/1/2002 11:59:44 AM
        
        Re: A very confusing subject - Success_Machine - 1/1/2002 11:10:31 AM
        
        Re: A very confusing subject - gbaikie - 1/1/2002 6:02:22 PM
        
        Re: Seasonal Solar Irradiance for the State of Iowa - Success_Machine - 1/1/2002 7:31:30 PM
- Re: Once again - trying to get this to work - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 12:14:56 PM
  - Re: Once again - trying to get this to work - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 12:15:46 PM
    - Re: Once again - trying to get this to work - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 12:16:16 PM
      - Re: I give up n/t - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 12:16:50 PM
        
        Re: maybe..... - Raoul - 12/31/2001 4:04:43 PM
- Re: Sunlight Collector for Pluto Orbit Greenhouse - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 11:57:36 AM
- Re: Here's the link for the image - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 11:40:09 AM
  - Re: Or if that doesn't work, copy and paste the url - Success_Machine - 12/31/2001 11:44:16 AM

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