Look! Up in the sky! Proof of concept for satellites beaming energy to Earth!
with presentations from the space agency and its commercial partners, including Airbus.
Airbus's demonstration may be precisely what's needed to tip the scales in favor of more money for SBSP, if ministers aren't already convinced. While those results are encouraging, SOLARIS can't do more without more funding from the ESA's Council of Ministers, which will soon stage itsUsing orbital solar panels to beam energy to Earth using microwaves isn't a new concept, either in fiction or reality. NASA has explored the idea, as have Japan's space agency, the US Navy, UK Space Energy Initiative, universities and private companies.
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