For the first time in decades, Congress seems interested in space-based solar power

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For the first time in decades, Congress seems interested in space-based solar power
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US Congress Breaks Ground on Space-Based Solar Power: A Small but Significant Victory for Space Exploration Enthusiasts

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They did a test with microwave to transmit energy from space to Earth. There is some serious drawback in doing it via microwave though, so I'm curious on how they'll transmit a huge amount of energy without heating up or causing residual damage to the environment.

And ppl think wind turbines are deadly to birds, imagine a flock flying through a trillion watt microwave beam.

Yeah seems like there's a general thermodynamics problem with sending a bunch of energy through the atmosphere