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   From: quibbler247@yahoo.com   
      
   In article <40384206.1D01@ix.netcomARGH.com>,   
   scottlowtherHATESSPAM@ix.netcomARGH.com.retro.com says...   
   > quibbler wrote:   
   > >   
   > >  I'd think that you'd have to be very far from the sun or   
   > > doing fairly exotic things before an RTG only approach would be the best   
   > > or the cheapest.   
   >   
   > General rule of thumb is... Mars is PV, Jupiter is nuke. Trade off in   
   > the asteroids.   
      
   Fair enough.  Obviously inner planet missions like Venus orbiters would   
   also find PV pretty appealing.  I think that there is around 2.3 KW/m^2   
   in the proximity of venus.  Off hand, do you know how much solar power   
   one would get around Jupiter?  (I know I could look it up or calculate it   
   :) )   
      
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