Space Solar Power Project could provide Earth with limitless energy

California Institute of Technology is developing technology capable of generating solar power in space and beaming it back to Earth. Solar power could be continuously available anywhere on Earth.

Beam me up: could lasers launch rockets? After initial costs, beamed energy propulsion would be a cheaper, safer and more efficient way to launch payloads into space

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