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Beaming Solar Energy From Space Gets a Step Closer (archive.today)

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Scientists are testing how satellites could collect power from the sun and send clean electricity to Earth—and getting encouraging results

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This could be cool. The beam width must be wide though or you end up with a death ray. See Powersat by Ben Bova for details

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Shhhh! Don't give the Navy any ideas 😅