[hparadiz]

You don't get 1,361 W/m² of continuous free energy when you're Earth bound and all those pesky water molecules.

[vova_hn2]

> free energy

It is free only if you ignore the cost of getting the thing into the orbit in the first place.

Edit: also, AFAIK, normal microchips (without special radiation hardening) don't last that long in space