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Given:
* earth to moon: 238,900 miles
* l1 to earth/moon: 1 million miles
Basic premise:
Basic premise:
   
   

Revision as of 22:04, 28 October 2018

Given:

  • earth to moon: 238,900 miles
  • l1 to earth/moon: 1 million miles

Basic premise:

<Earth> <- <Earth-orbit satellite> <- <Earth's moon> <- <Earth-Sol Lagrange-point solar array>
  • <Earth> <- <Earth-orbit satellite>

Laser transmit antenna in space: 1 meter diameter per GW Receive: Several hundred meters across

  • <Earth-orbit satellite> <- <Earth's moon>
  • <Earth's moon> <- <Earth-Sol Lagrange-point solar array>