Esa mulls Solaris plan to beam solar energy from space
"Our team of scientists have found no technical show-stoppers to prevent us from having space-based solar power," he said.
Is there no issue from all the space debris and other stuff possibly damaging such structures? Given that the larger the object in space, the more likely it might be hit by space debris or similar. Even the Webb space telescope has already been hit and damaged by micrometeorites, and this isn't even in close orbit around the Earth. Should we wait until we have good defences against such issues?
"Our team of scientists have found no technical show-stoppers to prevent us from having space-based solar power," he said.
Is there no issue from all the space debris and other stuff possibly damaging such structures? Given that the larger the object in space, the more likely it might be hit by space debris or similar. Even the Webb space telescope has already been hit and damaged by micrometeorites, and this isn't even in close orbit around the Earth. Should we wait until we have good defences against such issues?