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by TheLoafOfBread 734 days ago
> Maybe in 20 years time we will find out that a solar panel in space is much better because the sunlight does not have to travel through the atmosphere

It is basically guaranteed that microwave or laser beam from there is going to have a dual use purpose. As a source of energy and as a directed energy weapon. And it is a quite high chance that it will get banned by power which did not build it. Be it China, Russia, EU or USA.