Re: Colonization

Roger writes:

What's wrong with joule?

> 1E11/3.6E6 = 2.8Kw-Hours.  Even assuming 10% efficiency
> that's still only 28Kw hours to orbit.  Pretty cheap. 

Sorry Roger, the last time I checked one hour was 3600 seconds, 
or 3.6E3. So you're under by a factor of 1000. 28MW-hours sounds
somewhat
high to me... but I could ask the wife. She designs power stations for a
living.

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