For the first time in decades, Congress seems interested in space-based solar power
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A bill instructing NASA and the US Department of Energy to collaborate on key areas of research and development, including propulsion, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Earth science, and quantum computing. He sought to add space-based solar power to the list.
Isn't all solar power space based?
I'm kidding, of course. I look forward to getting microwaved from the sky and then later, watching our sun dim and the earth ultimately freezing over from the Dyson Sphere being built around it.