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To: Jonty30

Living in SCi-Fi movies is living in a Fantasy


2 posted on 05/10/2024 5:44:44 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

The South Koreans are nothing if not ambitious.

There is the little problem of transmitting the power collected in space and getting it to the ground. A tight microwave beam, perhaps? Or the longest transmission wire ever built, stretching from the surface of the earth out to geosynchronous orbit? What about earth shadow, or a total eclipse by the moon of the array?

Reliance on thorium molten-salt reactors seems to be a better all-around answer, but perhaps there is a lot of money in South Korea for these kinds of research grants.


14 posted on 05/10/2024 5:57:01 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: butlerweave
Living in SCi-Fi movies is living in a Fantasy

Back to the Future? 😆

20 posted on 05/10/2024 6:50:30 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of Air Force pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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