A new NASA study seems to pull the plug on space solar power, by saying its vastly more expensive than Earth based solar. - eviltoast
    • echo64@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Seems weird to complain about one over engineered useless thing only to be saying we should be doing another ;)

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        10 months ago

        “Why ever would we move to North America when everything we need is right here?”

        All the reasons people came to America will eventually be valid reasons to move to space. I don’t expect it will happen in my lifetime but, provided humanity continues to exist, it will happen.

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          10 months ago

          ah yes, to exploit the peoples who cultivated mars and enslave people from earth