A senior Chinese scientist has revealed an ambitious plan to use super heavy rockets to build solar power stations in space, calling it “another Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth”.
Space-based solar power stations collect energy from the sun in Earth’s orbit and transmit it to the ground, providing continuous power. This is referred to internationally as the “Manhattan Project” of the energy sector.
Space-based solar stations can collect energy without being affected by seasons or day-night cycles. Also, the energy density is much higher in space – about 10 times the average on the Earth’s surface.
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