China considering space-based solar power station

[Phil]

On 1 May 2015, at 21:54, kf4hcw wrote:

> On 2015-05-01 16:51, Richard Barth wrote:
>> beaming all those megawatts down to earth would necessarily spew RF noise over a large area.
> 
> ... not to mention the unreasonable costs associated with getting such a station in orbit and maintaining it which make the idea financially non-viable at the moment.
> 
> _M

Not necessarily for the Chinese. Remember, they have all the money and all the resources at the moment. And you only have to have a leader who says the magic words, "... before this decade is out ...".

Phil M1GWZ

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