There's nothing in the press release to suggest that his specific mission was intended to demonstrate a working, economic delivery of power to earth. The articl

There's nothing in the press release to suggest that his specific mission was intended to demonstrate a working, economic delivery of power to earth. The article is clear about this, and the title is accurate. Whether it makes any sense to continue this line of research is an open question; they seem to be very far from having something that would produce useful power, with a long line of technical challenges facing them.