Advanced survivable space solar power system

A solar power system, comprising:

• generally planar support means for providing support to said solar power system;
• heat pipe wall means, located along the outer edges of said support means and perpendicular with respect to said support means, for radiating waste heat away from said solar power system;
• foldable strut means, having channels adapted to receive a heat transfer fluid and having one end pivotally attached to said support means and an other end, for providing support and for providing a fluid conduit;
• transducer means, having a front side and a back side connected to said other end of and in fluid contact with said strut means, for receiving concentrated light energy on said front side and converting said light energy into electrical energy, and for rejecting waste heat into fluid circulating within said strut means;
• mirror means, mounted about the surface of said planar support means, for directing light energy approaching normal to said planar support means toward said transducer means;
• and,
• heat exchange means, located along the outer edges of said support means interstitially with respect to said heat pipe wall means and in fluid contact with said heat pipe wall means and said strut means, for transferring heat from fluid received from said strut means into said fluid from said heat pipe wall means and for keeping said fluid received from and returned to said strut means segregated from said fluid received from and returned to said heat pipe wall means.