So from an MT perspective that would be:

TL	Output		Volume		Weight		Price
5	0.000014	0.01		0.04		25000

Per m^2

Which on Faith or Hope (about 43 m^2 of available space) wouldn’t be enough to power a Headlight ... :)

Although having said that Headlights in MT are 1000 watt ones, and 5 km rage radios are 20,000 watts ...

--
For the fallen in the cause of the free:
 "When I go home I will tell of them and say,
 For our tomorrow, They gave their today."

 My spelling is entirerly due to dyslexia, typos, and poetic license

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From: xxxxxx@simplelists.com <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Sent: 21 August 2021 03:16
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Subject: [TML] Re: TL5 Faith Class SpaceStation

For the record, the first solar cells (at about 1% efficiencies, or about 14 watts/m^2) were in the 1830s on earth.  The first practical industrial ones were 1954; by 1958 they were widely known for flying in space.

With quicklime known into antiquity and oxygen isolated before 1800 it’s not past credible that once electric motors are available in the 1830s one could do limited lifetime solar powered closed loop life support in space.  Submarines were doing that much much earlier than the 50s…

-George

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