China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets.
  • culpritus [any]
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    7 months ago

    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!

    • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]
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      7 months ago

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

      And make it visible from space.

    • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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      7 months 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.