On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, Tony Smith wrote:

> They did this because Mythbusters tried it, and couldn't get it to work.
> The boat got a bit warm.
>
> Slashdot has an update where Discovery Channel (produces Mythbusters)
> invited MIT to have a go where they failed.
>
> Didn't work.
>
> No word on Round 3.

About Mythbusters I don't really know or care. This is interesting to me 
only from the point of view of its demonstration of the feasability of 
high enough temperatures with simple mirrors in the sun, and without a 
fancy receiver.

Peter
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