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Report Urges U.S. to Pursue Space-Based Solar Power
Specifically, the report calls for the U.S. government to underwrite the development of space-based solar power by funding a progressively bigger and more expensive technology demonstrations that would culminate with building a platform in geosynchronous orbit bigger than the international space station and capable of beaming 5-10 megawatts of power to a receiving station on the ground.
It does disturb me JUST a little that it's the Pentagon that's agreeing with what I have said for a couple of decades . . .but . . .oh well. :D