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Requirements
Requirements
* Power laser cutoff within 5 seconds when transmission line of sight is blocked
* 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
* Cyber-security best practices



Revision as of 19:42, 15 December 2018

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.


Off-world solar collection

Reference implementation

  • Description: TBD
  • Efficiency (W/kg): TBD
  • Cost ($/W): TBD

Off-world solar storage

Reference implementation

  • Description: TBD
  • Efficiency (Wh/kg): TBD
  • Cost ($/Wh): TBD

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

Reference implementation

  • Description: TBD
  • Efficiency (Wh %): TBD
  • Cost ($/Wh): TBD

Earthbound solar collection

Reference implementation

  • Description: TBD
  • Efficiency (Wh %): TBD
  • Cost ($/Wh): TBD

Earthbound solar distribution

Reference implementation

  • Description: TBD
  • Efficiency (Wh*km): TBD
  • Cost ($/Wh*km): TBD