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Japan Eyes Solar Station In Space
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."
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.
Godzilla's not the problem. He's the solution. Mothra is the problem.
Losing 99% of the power? Why? You can beam the power down using wavelengths that are not absorbed by the atmosphere.