Re: Colonization

On 12-May-00 at 19:16, Mikko Kurki-Suonio (maxxon@dram.swob.dna.fi)
wrote:
> 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.

Only if I want watt-hours as apposed to Kw hours.

Roger