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.
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.