[Vegemeister]

Only one measly paragraph on the obvious improvement, eliminating the microwaves. Instead, launch independent steerable mirror satellites of the most economically efficient size, and point them at the highest bidder.

No heavy transmitters or PV cells. No new ground-based infrastructure that has to be built before you can do anything useful.

[MichaelZuo]

The atmosphere is opaque to sunlight very often... Because of clouds.

[zith]

https://www.reflectorbital.com/