NSSO, USAF studying beamed solar power from space

The U.S. Air Force and National Security Space Office (NSSO) have launched a study into the feasibility and practicality of developing a solar energy harvesting system that uses satellites to collect sun power and beam it to Earth-bound collector systems via laser, microwave or similar transmissions...

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