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Re:Harvesting solar power in space and sending it back to Earth by dnautics on Thursday August 29, 2013 @03:47AM (#6294739)
What if instead of solar panels, you put up big mirrors, and instead of earth you have them orbit far closer to the sun?

Btw, great quote.

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Re:Harvesting solar power in space and sending it back to Earth by jlebrech on Thursday August 29, 2013 @06:06AM (#6295084)
yes, and shuttling antimatter batteries back to earth.
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Re:Harvesting solar power in space and sending it back to Earth by wffurr on Thursday August 29, 2013 @08:32AM (#6295425)
And people get scared of "giant solar death rays" from beaming solutions for power transmission. Anti-matter batteries sound terrifying.
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Re:Harvesting solar power in space and sending it back to Earth by speeder on Thursday August 29, 2013 @09:21AM (#6295636)
Heh, that sounds great.

Someone make a stupid mistake on the ground, and your ship crash, and then BOOOM, a 20km wide hole shows up in your space center.

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