Last year, the Kansas City Space Pirates had the field to themselves in using reflected sunlight to power their climber. This year, UBC-Snowstar is doing something similar. But rather than have a “mass of mirrors” (as the Space Pirates do), they are building “massive mirrors” to power their climber.
There will be two of these monsters, each 8 feet by 16 feet. They will be mounted on some very sturdy pivots and swiveled to beam sunlight onto their Climber.
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The picture is another shot of their solar-cell-array-to-be. As always, click on the thumbnail to view a larger version.