seems like we’ll want everything radiation-hardened. we have neutrons and xrays in the DPF, and plasma in the van allen belts as well.
plus,
it’s looking like these MTPV cells like it hot: if i’m reading this right, that’s 1000 – 1500 °C; but they generate 5-10 watts/cm².
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15582193&fsrc=rss
so we set them up to blanket the high temperature equipment, and scrounge 100 kW for each m² they cover.
