Beaming power down to Earth from space-based solar collectors is a concept that's been around for a while. "Dr. Glaser is best known as the inventor of the Sol

Beaming power down to Earth from space-based solar collectors is a concept that's been around for a while. "Dr. Glaser is best known as the inventor of the Solar Power Satellite concept, which he first presented in the journal Science for November 22, 1968 (“Power from the Sun: It’s Future”). In 1973 he was granted a U.S. patent on the Solar Power Satellite to supply power from space for use on the Earth." One thing that always struck me was that you wouldn't want to be living near the "collectors". A very small angular error in beaming could result in being literally microwaved. https://nss.org/in-memoriam-peter-e-glaser-1923-2014/ https://nss.org/in-memoriam-peter-e-glaser-1923-2014/