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To: Triffin who wrote (140427)	9/27/2005 5:15:26 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 794412

What would be the benefit of putting them on the moon rather then in geosynchronous orbit? 250k or so miles away instead of about 22k miles away. Well Criswell does say "The machines would build the power components from the common lunar dust and rocks, thereby avoiding the high cost of transporting materials from the Earth to the Moon. " If that is true it might make some sense. Esp. if we are going to develop infrastructure on the moon for other purposes anyway. But I think we will see solar power satelites before we see solar power stations on the Moon transmitting the power to Earth. Tim