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Re:Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into ... by LarryMullins on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:19PM (#34265024)
> Save for power transmission

Isn't that the entire point? Putting solar panels in space has been done regularly the 1950s.

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Re:Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into ... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:39PM (#34265345)
I meant that I don't see a near-term use terrestrial use case for better microwave power transmission.
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Re:Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into ... by LarryMullins on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:46PM (#34265457)
Maybe you could use microwave power transmission (from the ground) to power atmospheric pseudo-satellites, but practical applications seem dubious.
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Re:Caltech to Launch Space Solar Power Technology Demo into ... by ben_w on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:06PM (#34265736)
Drones. Electric aircraft in general, recharging continuously in-flight.

Might be ill-advised for a whole mass of reasons that I, as a software engineer, know naught of; but it would be a use case.

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