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The internet is a messed-up place, because as much as I'm convinced this is a joke, I'm also certain somebody could write the same comment in all seriousness and think they are making a great discovery.

We can't even just laugh.




the idea is actually workable, it just isn't competitive with other ways of exploiting solar energy


It has some really serious drawbacks, like needing to repeatedly synchronize and desynchronize orbits. That makes it crazy complex even on the context of crazy futuristic space machinery.

That "isn't competitive" is quite an understatement. But yeah, technically it doesn't break any law of Physics.




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