Beam It Down!
The idea of space-based solar power has been around for at least half a century–trillion-dollar orbital behemoths with tens of square miles of solar power cells beaming gigawatts of energy to enormous earth-based rectennas via microwaves.
It’s an industrial-era solution to an information-age problem. But Bill Whittle asks, “What if there’s a 21st century solution, something smaller, lighter and much cheaper?” He’s joined by colleagues Scott Ott and Steve Green with some answers in this episode of Right Angle.
