☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Sino • 7 months agoChina plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'external-linkmessage-square69 linkfedilinkarrow-up1132cross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squarerobot_dog_with_gun [they/them]hexbear4·7 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. link
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.