China’s super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station - SpaceNews
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China plans to use a new super heavy-lift rocket currently under development to construct a massive space-based solar power station in geostationary orbit.

I'm fucking horny at this shit.

"The project would aim to establish a large collecting area receiving solar energy near constantly, without the atmosphere or seasonal changes affecting energy levels. Converted energy would be then transmitted to Earth via microwaves or lasers. The project would provide large-scale renewable energy and help tackle energy resource scarcity"

Finally some fucking good news in this hellworld.

Let's gooooo :mao-shining: :xi-shining:

  • BelovedOldFriend [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Deserts are fragile ecosystems that you'll utterly destroy by just "plopping" large solar facilities down.

    https://twitter.com/atomicthumbs/status/1403885110865272833

    Obviously there's a push-and-pull here but please rethink deserts as not just empty places for humans to extract energy from.

    • comi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, they have systems I’m not implying cover whole desert so it all get shaded, but space is not the answer - energy recapture would still require installations in desert.