readbeanicecream@kbin.social to Science@kbin.social · 1 year agoThis giant solar power station could beam energy to lunar baseswww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: space@lemmit.onlinespace@chat.maiion.com
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkThis giant solar power station could beam energy to lunar baseswww.popsci.comreadbeanicecream@kbin.social to Science@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: space@lemmit.onlinespace@chat.maiion.com
The GE⊕-LPS includes V-shaped solar panels positioned in a helix configuration over one-square-kilometer in length.
minus-squarejimbolauski@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt would be better to work out how to safely beam megawatts of energy from a satellite to the surface of an uninhabited planetary mass.
Let’s sort out energy on earth first
It would be better to work out how to safely beam megawatts of energy from a satellite to the surface of an uninhabited planetary mass.