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A new NASA study seems to pull the plug on space solar power, by saying its vastly more expensive than Earth based solar. (www.thespacereview.com)
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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

That makes sense. In space you need to deal with free bodies and a harsh environment. What's worse is that you need a way to send it all the way back to earth.

Solar on earth can sit near a city and is fixed.