Beamed Power

>
> I'm a little suprised that the idea of beamed power has never been fully
> investigated.

I feel the same way you do.

There are a couple of demos. One was done at Goldstone. And there is
another big one going on in Reunion Island right now. I have also
heard of tests between islands in Japan and perhaps Alaska.

If somebody can provide some links to those latter experiments it would
be
nice.

You can get links to the Reunion Island experiment from here:-

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=5144

One of the people behind it is Guy Pignolet, here is his web page:

http://www.lindamood.com/guy.htm

Maybe there is something we can do about it.

Can we get some good cost numbers for space based microwave power
beaming systems ?

Then we could start making outline business plans.

We do not need full SPS to get started.

Maybe it is possible to come up with power beaming systems which are
cheaper than some terrestrial power transmission methods.