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Will the stars align for space-based solar power?

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The high cost of putting hardware into orbit would seem to rule out space-based solar power on financial grounds, but several companies are betting that technology has changed the equation. Here's how such systems would work.

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Terrorists could use the system for evil, at least that's what happened in Ben Bova's novel Powersat.

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