A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space
Hacker News
MAY 9, 2024
Each megasat could then convert gigawatts of power into a microwave beam aimed precisely at a big field of receiving antennas on Earth. Naval Research Laboratory has already beamed more than a kilowatt of power between two ground antennas about a kilometer apart. These rectennas would then convert the signal to usable DC electricity.
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