NSSO ponders harvesting solar energy via satellites
NSSO ponders harvesting solar energy via satellites: “
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When you’ve already got colleagues dreaming up space sunshades, all of a sudden harvesting energy from outside of the Earth’s atmosphere doesn’t sound like such a stretch. Apparently, ambitious individuals at the Pentagon’s National Security Space Office (NSSO) may ‘begin a study in the near future on the possibility of using satellites to collect solar energy for use on Earth.’ Notably, the plan actually seeks to not only provide an alternate source of fuel to the oil-dependent dwellers here on Mother Earth, but it would hopefully provide ample energy ‘to US troops in bases or on the battlefield.’ As impossible as it may sound, the present probably isn’t a bad time to consider such an endeavor now that solar cells are becoming increasingly efficient, and since an actual deployment wouldn’t even be in the cards until ‘around 20 years’ from now, it’s not like there’s oodles of time to waste.
[Via Wired]
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(Via Engadget.)
