November 24, 20223 yr Looks like ESA is serious about the idea. Considering funding a study to see if its feasible. It's reusable rocket technology that's making it potentially feasible. Edited November 24, 20223 yr by martin-w
November 25, 20223 yr It looks promising Martin. I'll never see it but perhaps my great grandkids will. It's an enormous undertaking and I don't think it could be done by one nation alone. But a multinational effort could make it happen. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
November 26, 20223 yr Author 14 hours ago, birdguy said: It looks promising Martin. I'll never see it but perhaps my great grandkids will. It's an enormous undertaking and I don't think it could be done by one nation alone. But a multinational effort could make it happen. Noel Well the first attempts won't be mega sized projects Noel, they will be relatively small affairs. They have already tested the feasibility of conversion to microwaves and beaming to a receiver, in the lab. And of course it doesn't have to be one mega sized system, a number of smaller arrays fit the bill. It wasn't really a practical idea of course but now we have much cheaper launches thanks to the private sector and reusability, its definately on the cards. China have already constructed the first collection tower and experiments by Airbus look promising. The focus at the moment is in terms of improving efficiency regarding transmission. Edited November 26, 20223 yr by martin-w
November 26, 20223 yr 20 hours ago, birdguy said: I'll never see it but perhaps my great grandkids will. I'm about 30 years younger than you and I'll never see it either. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
November 27, 20223 yr Author From the BBC article. "Separately from the ESA proposal, in the UK, a company, Space Solar, has been formed. It aims to demonstrate beaming power from space within six years, and doing so commercially within nine years." Not sure how they will go from a demonstration to commercially in only 3 years after the demo, but of course it doesn't have to be a large array. And by then, hopefully, Starship will be functional with its 100 ton payload. China, USA, Japan... all taking this seriously. Guess who will get there first... likely to be China of course. 🙄
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