Another suggestion to blight our sky views...

[wulfrun]

Don't think this a brand new idea but I found this on the Beeb. Who knows if/when it'll come to pass but it'd make the 1000s of satellites seem trivial. Power stations in space, beaming energy down to ground via microwaves:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62982113

[DaveL59]

3 hours ago, wulfrun said:

Don't think this a brand new idea but I found this on the Beeb. Who knows if/when it'll come to pass but it'd make the 1000s of satellites seem trivial. Power stations in space, beaming energy down to ground via microwaves:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62982113

yeah, might as well just go the whole way and plan for the dyson sphere, remove any view of the stars...

[Prador]

That screams of a team in ESA want three years employment/wages only to conclude it's all too difficult given current technologies.

I wonder what the environmental impact would be boosting all that mass into orbit.

[LukeSkywatcher]

I saw this. I thought it sounded like a good idea. Not sure I'd like to effectively be living in/on a giant microwave oven.