Difference between revisions of "Talk:Stratospheric solar array"
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Link to someone who has created similar idea for inflatable dish as a satellite communication rather than a parabolic reflector as I have suggested here. See [http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/8d81e8ee82c82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html] | Link to someone who has created similar idea for inflatable dish as a satellite communication rather than a parabolic reflector as I have suggested here. See [http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/8d81e8ee82c82110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html] | ||
| − | Nick Harper suggestion of Cassegrain-type design | + | Nick Harper suggestion of {{wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassegrain_reflector|Cassegrain-type}} design as alternative to fresnel lens to allow stirling engine to hang underneath individual parabolic shaped blimp. Stirling engine could act as counterweight and have pulley system to adjust angle of reflector towards sun. |
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Link to someone who has created similar idea for inflatable dish as a satellite communication rather than a parabolic reflector as I have suggested here. See [1]
Nick Harper suggestion of Cassegrain-type 
design as alternative to fresnel lens to allow stirling engine to hang underneath individual parabolic shaped blimp. Stirling engine could act as counterweight and have pulley system to adjust angle of reflector towards sun.
