Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant
Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the Moon’s 6,800-mile (11,000-kilometer) equator, converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at Earth, and finally converting the beams back to electricity at terrestrial power stations.
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I wonder how they plan to deal with meteors when there's no atmosphere protection. Also, a friend of mine put it: “Make robots responsible for large lasers pointed at earth. Can't end well...”
