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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by pyrale on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:46PM (#28043657)
> I think the best way to save the planet is to move heavy industry into space.

Good luck dealing with the absence of cheap oxydizer and the lack of convection which makes heat dispersion a nightmare.

> Move our power generation into space and beam it down.

Our power is already generated in space, and beamed down to us. It also comes with no infrastructure cost, which is truly an engineering wonder when you think of it.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by scrumbledober on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:39PM (#28044093)
space based solar power actually has some pretty great pros and not many cons other than construction cost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCbdThIJNE

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