Monday, May 31, 2021

US Military Wants To Harvest Solar Energy In Space And Beam It To Earth

 

Science Times: Space Solar Power Could Revolutionize Energy As US Air Force Plans to Harvest This Unlimited Source 

Around two months ago, Space.com reported that a US military space plane is being tested to gather space solar power from the Sun while flying on Earth's orbit. 

The classified mission of the X-37B robotic space plane of the US Space Force flew past 300 days in Earth's orbit that is said to carry the research Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module Flight Experiment (PRAM-FX) that investigates transforming solar energy and convert it into RF power.  

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Update #1: US Air Force Plans to Harvest Solar Energy in Space, Send It to Earth (Gadgets360) 

Update #2: US Military Plans To Harvest Solar Energy In Space, Beam It To Earth (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: I first heard about this concept about 20 years ago. It looks like the technology and engineering has now caught-up to make it practical.

5 comments:

  1. L5 Space Society was talking about this in 1980. Their plan was to raid the insurance companies for the funding. Nat Geo did a story on it +/- 4 years form that date.

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  2. Yes it is an old idea. The problem, as usual,is: how?

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  3. Should we replace our home wiring and fuses with 2X stuff?

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  4. Probably be a weapon first. Than it be used for enerygy.

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