[mrfusion]

I wonder if wireless power like this could be used to provide power for launching spacecraft and this avoiding the tyranny of the rocket equation?

[ars]

This wouldn't help a rocket. For a rocket you should just aim a laser at it.

But you still need reaction mass, and pure energy doesn't work well for that.

[politician]

Space-based applications could include a network of base stations transmitting power to a cloud of worker drones.

Bio-based applications could include a means to power or recharge implanted devices and machines.