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Can't we just set up an orbital solar panel array beyond the space debris field, have it always rotate to point at the sun 24/7, and just get a really big exten
by omnomynous 5y ago
Can't we just set up an orbital solar panel array beyond the space debris field, have it always rotate to point at the sun 24/7, and just get a really big extension cord to connect back to earth, and call it a day?
Look, if we're gonna spend a gorgillion dollars we don't have, let's at least be efficient with it. We're engineers, damnit!
- more_corn 5y agoI know you're being sarcastic, but please don't use the "just" word to talk about trillion dollar infrastructure projects that require product-ionizing thus-far theoretical technologies.