X-37B Space Plane's Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems

The Drive ^ | 05/08/2020 | Brett Tingley

[KC_Lion]

Thanks For the article.

[BipolarBob]

I need a photoshop of a beam going all the way through the earth. (with an ut-oh) caption

[Eddie01]

[ClearCase_guy]

Zero gravity popcorn. We’re going to need a lot of it.

[DEPcom]

Are we talking Nikola Tesla tech here?

[technically right]

What happens when some unsuspecting aircraft passes through the laser beam?

[Vaquero]

Read articles 30. -40 years ago of the feasibility,on a grand scale, by beaming enough microwave energy from an orbiting platform to receiving stations ( in the Canadian wilds for safety) to power much of North America l.

[BenLurkin]

[Pelham]

[jdsteel]

Laser beams....but no frickin’ sharks?!?!

[Deaf Smith]

We already have Neutrinos that are thought to pass all the way through Earth (and humans in the way) with no ill effect.

What's a little mircrowave go'in to do?

s/

[datura]

But then there is also the effect of microwaves on metallic objects like satellites.

[x]

Not just a spy plane or a microwave beam.

It is also the name of Elon Musk's next child.

[jonrick46]

Maybe this power beam has EMP capabilities.

[redangus]

How hard would it be to adjust the intensity of the beam a little to fry some ISIS stronghold from space when it’s not being used to make coffee in the officer’s mess in Mosul?

[daler]

Goldeneye?

[Colorado Doug]

Tesla didn’t do solar. He didn’t need the sun. He extracted energy out of the ether and converted it into usable power.

[Phinneous]

Everybody wants to rule the world, ya know.

[Colorado Doug]

Sounds like a nice little device to aim at Chinese satellites once they decide to go to war with us. Hopefully they haven’t already stolen the technology from us.