Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source
Sunday, November 8, 2009 - 05:56
in Astronomy & Space
It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.
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