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A new NASA study seems to pull the plug on space solar power, by saying its vastly more expensive than Earth based solar. (www.thespacereview.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, we already have space-based solar power. It's called "The Sun". The best thing is, we don't even need to go to space to get it. The Sun beams the energy all the way down to the ground where we can easily collect it!

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[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

The sun is space-based fusion power, with photon-based transmission

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