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Re:Space-based solar power is getting serious–can it solve E... by var_cw on Sunday October 23, 2022 @02:26PM (#33309030)
wow this is such an incredible idea

reminds me of the earth-moon fire pole

https://what-if.xkcd.com/157/

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Re:Space-based solar power is getting serious–can it solve E... by cletus on Sunday October 23, 2022 @05:17PM (#33310336)
So this clearly wouldn't work but it is a fun thought experiment. Thing is, there are places that it would work. Pluto and Charon notably are tidally locked to each other and have muich lower gravity and much lower distance (~12K miles).
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