Re:Space-Based Solar Power Hardware Was Just Launched into O...
by ggm on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:24PM
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1) the RF it transmits is in the microwave region and is not photons ions or ionising radiation as I understand it
2) the receiving stations are typically huge, antenna farms, and intensity per cm^2 is within tolerable and would not cook eyeballs or focus to a point
3) you would be aware that a vast semi incoherent tuned light source of incredible magnitude, based on fusion power, emits RF all the way up into the optical region and beyond into UV, and can represent a severe threat for only 15 minutes radiation or 'insolation' as it is sometimes called, and has shockingly predictable recurrence on a 24h cycle, except when a small orbital safety screen is in exactly the right place for brief occultations. We've learned to respect the furnace, and it's gravitational effect on us.
Re:Space-Based Solar Power Hardware Was Just Launched into O...
by tuatoru on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:15PM
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The other day I received moderate radiation burns from the source described in 3. So far the skin peeling is fairly limited...
Re:Space-Based Solar Power Hardware Was Just Launched into O...
by ggm on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:02AM
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Radiation hormesis..
Re:Space-Based Solar Power Hardware Was Just Launched into O...
by nullish_signal on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:53PM
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Ah, hopefully you're right that this technology will always be similar to daytime Sun intensity. It really scares the hell out of me
This is a much more frightening concept than the ground-based reflective solar that is already known to blind/cook birds
Hope they keep that thing pointed the right way, and that there are failsafes for mis-direction or loss of orientation