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ItsAConspiracy t1_ixyr14u wrote

Reply to comment by TotallyInOverMyHead in Solar farms in space demo could be ready by 2030 by Soupjoe5

Current designs would be redundant, with a large number of identical parts, of several types, self-assembled in orbit.

The satellite would be 22,000 miles out and incapable of sending a beam that tight. As the article mentions, the beam would be less concentrated than sunlight.

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TotallyInOverMyHead t1_ixz0uev wrote

Might you then not just be better off sending mirrors into space and making earth-based PV-cells generate power 24/7/365 ?

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ItsAConspiracy t1_ixz50pa wrote

That way you're still blocked by clouds. Also I'm not sure whether it's as feasible from geostationary.

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