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So simple - you don’t have to make it geostationary and you don’t need carbon microtubules.
So, /sci/ why are we not doing it?
One immediate benefit which would pay off 500 billion (or less) upfront cost back quickly:
> put solar panels into orbit via space elevator
> beam energy down with a laser
> have virtually limitless energy

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>>12275946
Not at all.

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>>12268078
If you based it off on an orbital ring it will work

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>>12247325
I thought /sci/ has smart fags

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