A Moon base is too far; an asteroid ship better alternative:)

"Gene P." wrote in message
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I'm basically a skeptic of human nature though... I don't think there will
ever be solar power satellites or really big solar mirror farms for the
same basic reason:

The ability to focus a power beam at any distance is equivalent to a space
weapon of incredible power. No Government will ever allow it... unless
there's been a major war and only one government has access to space.

You need to read some more on the SPS proposal. The power beam proposed
would have zero usefulness as a weapon. It's a beam that requires the
active cooperation of its target (I'm referring to the phased array pilot
signal).

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Regards,
Mike Combs
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Member of the National Non-sequitur Society. We may not make
much sense, but we do like pizza.