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"Space-based solar power. The stupidest idea ever" said @elonmusk in 2012.
This is the story of beaming power down to earth...
Genius scientists, secret military projects and beyond.
Is it a zero-carbon solution?
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In the early 20th century, Nikola Tesla repeatedly tried to develop wireless power (in the most steampunk sci-fi building ever seen) - Wardenclyffe Tower: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardencly…
Isaac Asimov imagined space-based solar in his 1941 short story "Reason". His story has humans on-board maintaining the system, waiting for robots take over: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(s…
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