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China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth' (www.livescience.com)
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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I hope they build the first one in the shape of hammer-sickle

Orbiting solar power plants definitely seems like a step towards space elevators and related capabilities. They are testing some maglev space launchers too. Eventually solar array can be beaming power down to launch site to power up mag launchers. Hell yeah!

[–] miz@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I love this artist's stuff

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

I hope they build the first one in the shape of hammer-sickle

And make it visible from space.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Orbiting solar power plants definitely seems like a step towards space elevators and related capabilities

elevators are a huge materials science problem for the tether, i'm not sure one space station has much more related to that than another.