'It's the stupidest thing ever,' Elon Musk said several years ago.
ESA, an intergovernmental conglomerate of 22 member states, will decide on the director's plan in November this year, according to"It will be up to Europe, ESA, and its Member States to push the envelope of technology to solve one of the most pressing problems for people on Earth of this generation," saidEurope is seriously contemplating developing space-based solar power to boost its energy independence and lower greenhouse gas emissions, the ESA leader said this week.
Aschbacher aims to garner support and funding for the Solaris Program during the council meeting, advocating solar energy from space as a key to energy de-carbonization in Europe. ESA commissioned two independent costs vs. benefits studies from its Consulting groups based in the United Kingdom and Germany. Evaluating the costs and advantages of creating space-based solar power, the studies
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