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Japan Eyes Solar Station In Space

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they're-gonna-need-a-gundam-to-defend-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "By 2030 [Japan] wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. The government has just picked a group of companies and a team of researchers tasked with turning the ambitious, multi-billion-dollar dream of unlimited clean energy into reality in coming decades."

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  1. Good luck with that... by Maury+Markowitz · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not going to happen. No use writing why AGAIN, I think this reply to the original post is just fine:

    http://matter2energy.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/here-we-go-again-with-the-spss/

    1. Re:Good luck with that... by TheKidWho · · Score: 4, Informative

      Your argument is a bit silly and is ignoring the economy of scale.

      The majority of the cost in Rocket development is in personnel and support. The actual physical materials and fuel used aren't nearly as expensive. With a large investment into capital and mass manufacturing of rockets, cost can be driven down significantly.

  2. Re:Threat? by 2.7182 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Godzilla's not the problem. He's the solution. Mothra is the problem.

  3. Re:Old news by MobyDisk · · Score: 4, Informative

    Losing 99% of the power? Why? You can beam the power down using wavelengths that are not absorbed by the atmosphere.