Bounce Beamed Power Conversion Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Bounce Beamed Power Conversion
# 15091 bycfrjlr@... on June 19, 2001, 11:39 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
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Build two aerostats to bounce beamed power from someplace with surplus
(Texas windmills) to CA area that cannot get enough power through
ground lines.
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In the telecommunications arena. Some small third world countries cannot afford to buy communications satellites. Instead, they use aerostats as microwave comm relays. Aerostats are often referred to as the poor man's satellite.
The analogy to SPS is obvious.