[–] bigiain 5y ago ↗ I wonder what the implications of 70% power transmission loss from 60TW of microwave power beaned down from orbit are?Or the implications of the ability to deliver 30% of 60TW worth of microwave energy to the target of your choice just about anywhere on the planet? [–] LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago ↗ Those implications made it into a movie in 1984:[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noah%27s_Ark_Principle[2] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086911/No blockbuster, but watchable, even today.Emmerichs 1st!
[–] LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago ↗ Those implications made it into a movie in 1984:[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noah%27s_Ark_Principle[2] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086911/No blockbuster, but watchable, even today.Emmerichs 1st!
[–] Clewza313 5y ago ↗ Shame about the clickbait title: something like "How SpaceX Starship makes orbital power solar stations possible" would be more informative. [–] bigiain 5y ago ↗ Not gonna lie, the urge to editorialise there was very high...
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 14.0 ms ] threadOr the implications of the ability to deliver 30% of 60TW worth of microwave energy to the target of your choice just about anywhere on the planet?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noah%27s_Ark_Principle
[2] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086911/
No blockbuster, but watchable, even today.
Emmerichs 1st!