Off-world Power Generation Components

Each component will have a reference implementation with a black box efficiency and cost rating. Reference implementations will be subject to constant improvement, with new contributions welcome from any interested party at any time. Contributions must be well-documented and repeatable.

• Any efficiency improvement of at least 2% with no more than a 10% cost increase will automatically qualify to be the new reference standard.
• Any cost reduction of at least 0.5% with no loss in efficiency will automatically qualify to be the new reference standard.
• Higher-cost efficiency improvements will be accepted for review by the board, who will consider the cost impact on the success of the project.
• Lower-cost improvements that result in a "statistically insignificant" efficiency loss will be accepted for review by the board.

Description	Reference implementation	Efficiency		Cost
Off-world solar collection	Lab 1	0.0000 (tbd)	W/kg	(tbd) 0.0	$/W
Off-world solar storage	Lab 2	0.0000 (tbd)	Wh/kg	(tbd) 0.0	$/Wh
Off-world solar transmission	Requirements Transmission/receiver handshake for precision aiming for safety; power laser cutoff within 5 seconds when transmission line of sight is blocked Cyber-security best practices Lab 3	0.0000 (tbd)	Wh %	(tbd) 0.0	$/Wh
Earthbound solar collection	Lab 2	0.0000 (tbd)	Wh %	(tbd) 0.0	$/Wh
Launch off-world gear	Lab 2			(tbd) 0.0	$/kg
Robotic self-assembly of off-world gear	Requirements Establishment of orbit and assembly of initial gear Orbital delivery and assembly of supplemental gear Lab 6			(tbd) 0.0	$/kg