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Robinhood Cofounder Reveals New Space Solar Power Start-Up (payloadspace.com)

submitted 1 year ago by burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Transmit to Earth for 30 seconds to a minute during ten-minute passes over a ground receiver.

Wait, they're not even going to use the power in space? Surely this can never be cheaper than Earth-based solar power.

[–] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've seen numbers from those Space AI super computer guys stating why that might be the case. I'm not sure I buy there numbers but at least a few groups are thinking about it.