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CobraPony67 t1_ixsqjb1 wrote

Sounds like a long way away, but oh, it is only about 7 years from now. Time flies...

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MaybeTheDoctor t1_ixt6w5g wrote

Let you know a secret - it was the same idea back in the 1950s and back then it was just 10 years away... beaming energy back to earth is going to kill a lot of birds flying through the beams, and it is not happening this time as well - because the idea is bonkers when you can just put solar panels here on earth.

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ItsAConspiracy t1_ixzeefw wrote

We didn't have cheap launch back then, the beam wouldn't be concentrated enough to harm birds, and solar panels on earth need expensive batteries for power at night.

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