Aerothermal
Northrop Grumman’s wireless power distribution from space - The 'Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research' (SSPIDR) Project team is developing means to transmit concentrated solar energy from space to anywhere on Earth
news.northropgrumman.comSubmitted by Aerothermal t3_zlx9on in Futurology
Aerothermal OP t1_j080ksj wrote
Reply to comment by NinjaLanternShark in Northrop Grumman’s wireless power distribution from space - The 'Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research' (SSPIDR) Project team is developing means to transmit concentrated solar energy from space to anywhere on Earth by Aerothermal
You might not have read the submission comment. It includes non-military applications in space exploration, e.g. NASA exploring this for wireless power distribution on the Moon. We are going back to the moon after all. And my comment underneath links to ESA solaris, which is about energy distribution for everyone.
I didn't elaborate on the numerous satellite applications. It turns out, that energy generation and storage is very heavy and expensive on satellites, and solar only works effectively on the day side of planets. With wireless power distribution, you could have neighboring satellites beaming power to lighter weight small satellites and extending their mission life. Or you could have satellites charging even whilst in the shadow of a planetary body. Perhaps we could have radio telescopes set up on the dark side of the moon in craters, isolated from Earth's radio interference, and get extra power down to them from orbit.