Off-world Power Generation Components

Each component will have a reference implementation with a black box efficiency and cost rating.

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	Reference implementation: Lab 1	Efficiency (W/kg): TBD	Cost ($/W): TBD
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Reference implementation

Reference implementation

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Transmission/receiver handshake
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- for safety; power laser cutoff within 5 seconds when transmission line of sight is blocked
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Reference implementation

Reference implementation

Reference implementation

Reference implementation

Requirements

Reference implementation