Resumen de Roping the sun.
The article focuses on research into developing space-based solar power generators. It states that researchers at the Institute for Laser Technology in Osaka, Japan, used sunlight to produce up to 180 watts of laser power, and that scientists in Hokkaido have started ground tests to develop a power transmission system that could send microwave energy to Earth from orbit. It mentions these projects are part of a plan for a space solar power system under Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency. INSET: For the U.S., Energy Security in Orbit?.
