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Words_Are_Hrad t1_j0blvm8 wrote

Reply to comment by sceadwian in Northrop Grumman’s wireless power distribution from space - The 'Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research' (SSPIDR) Project team is developing means to transmit concentrated solar energy from space to anywhere on Earth by Aerothermal

Because with a generator you have to constantly bring more fuel. With this you can have supply line free electricity with just a relatively small receiver.

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sceadwian t1_j0botat wrote

Any real amount of power delivered by this will need more than a small receiver. Just being in a sidelobe or getting hit by a reflection would cook you so there will have to be a fairly large no go zone around it. Even the best directed arrays in space have serious divergence.

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