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Re:Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission by grecy on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @09:01PM (#39022197)
> They should've been spending they $100 million attempting to make...

I'm not sure you understand how the world works. You don't get to decide how institutions spend money that is donated to them, and I really don't know why you think you do.

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Re:Space Solar Power Demonstrator ends first in-space mission by superkuh on Thursday January 25, 2024 @02:50PM (#39134235)
If the donor really wanted to work towards space based power the experts could convince them the first step is achieving KM-scale coherent transmitting aperatures on Earth. If they just want the money and have no intention of fulfilling the goal, or if the dude is as you say... not open to input, then yeah, you end up with waste like here.
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