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To: Father Terrence who wrote (47113)7/25/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 108807
 
<<Better idea to have them in Earth orbit -- miles in diameter -- beaming energy to Earth at "collection" points.>>

That idea is being worked on. You just don't want to fly through the beams. Solar power is being used in space now, it keeps the satellites going.



To: Father Terrence who wrote (47113)7/26/1999 1:05:00 PM
From: Yogizuna  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
"Better to have them in Earth orbit -- miles in diameter -- beaming energy to Earth at "collection" points."

I am not totally against that idea FT, and I remember reading about that somewhere in the early 1980's. One of the problems I have with it, is what method of transferring the energy gathered will be employed, and what would happen if the "beam" wandered off path a bit? Crispy human beings and or animals? Yogi


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