why cant this happen?

[WishIStartedSooner]

what, exactly, is stopping us from putting an enormous set of solar panels into space and beaming electricity down to earth that's derived from direct exposure to the sun?

would it cost too much? seems worthy of all the governments working together, in my eyes.

is there a technical reason? does the technology already exist?

do we already do this and it turned out to be a crappy idea?

what am i missing?

[greyhawk]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power

[WishIStartedSooner]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power

thank you.

just what i needed to read. i bet it becomes feasible soon.

[FirstAscent]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power

thank you.

just what i needed to read. i bet it becomes feasible soon.

I bet it becomes feasible not soon.

[masyveonk]

what, exactly, is stopping us from putting an enormous set of solar panels into space and beaming electricity down to earth that's derived from direct exposure to the sun?

would it cost too much? seems worthy of all the governments working together, in my eyes.

is there a technical reason? does the technology already exist?

do we already do this and it turned out to be a crappy idea?

what am i missing?

Much cheaper to keep it at earths ground. You play some scifi game now?