Comments on: Japan to Harvest Energy from the Sun Via Solar Space Station

By: Turner

Turner — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:54:27 +0000

I too will reserve judgement until I see something go up. On the other hand, it would be just like Japan to try to build the biggest structure in space. Nice artist’s conception.

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By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:09 +0000

I’ll be curious to see what happens with this (in 2020, of course!)

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By: Juliane Huang

Juliane Huang — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:31:29 +0000

Definitely. We’ll have to revisit this in 2020 when they are scheduled to launch the test product.

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By: Juliane Huang

Juliane Huang — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:30:40 +0000

According to PhysOrg, “These would be collected by gigantic parabolic antennae, likely to be located in restricted areas at sea or on dam reservoirs.” If they do get this project off the ground, it’d be incredible. Sucking the energy straight out of the Sun!

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By: Abbie

Abbie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:55:26 +0000

I’ll be interested to see how it works out…

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By: Hal Amen

Hal Amen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:33:57 +0000

I’m curious about how they’ll collect/store the “beams,” but hey, sounds pretty cool.

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