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| Tango01 | 31 May 2021 3:59 p.m. PST |
… Beam It To Earth "Around two months ago, Space.com reported that a US military space plane is being tested to gather space solar power from the Sun while flying on Earth's orbit. The classified mission of the X-37B robotic space plane of the US Space Force flew past 300 days in Earth's orbit that is said to carry the research Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module Flight Experiment (PRAM-FX) that investigates transforming solar energy and convert it into RF power…" Main page
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| JMcCarroll | 31 May 2021 4:06 p.m. PST |
Wasn't there a James Bond movie with this weapon? |
| Zephyr1 | 31 May 2021 8:58 p.m. PST |
I think it's to beam sunlight to the nightside of Earth so that solar-powered ships, tanks, etc can operate, as the US military is slowly being converted to "green energy"/"carbon-free" power sources… ;-) |
| Striker | 31 May 2021 10:39 p.m. PST |
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| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 01 Jun 2021 1:53 p.m. PST |
Transmitted power from orbiting solar farms was going to be 'thing' according to the kids futurology books (Usborne?) I used to read in the 70s and 80s. Personally I would have thought it would had more civil than military application – not withstanding trying to build some kind of sunbeam weapon! |
| Thresher01 | 01 Jun 2021 2:14 p.m. PST |
Yea, imagine what one of those rays will do to the fuselage or wings of a passenger airliner, or its fuel tanks. Of course, flocks of birds, and many other things WILL be adversely impacted too. A slight wobble in the emitter satellite, or solar mirror, perhaps brought on by a space junk strike, and a village, town, forest, or city is destroyed. Ah, the minor trials and tribulations of an advanced, future, sophisticated society. |
| Tango01 | 01 Jun 2021 4:20 p.m. PST |
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Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 01 Jun 2021 8:54 p.m. PST |
I'm just waiting for the autonomously piloted solar beam space plane. What could possibly go wrong? |
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