http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301479,00.html

(smirk ) (giggle ) Hold onto yer wallets taxpayers: Cost to get first kilowatt is 300 million to $1 trillion. Email your congressman to nip this foolishness in the bud!

I'm interested to hear what Pope Al, and his disciples have to say about this.

1. It's an "alternative fuel"
2. It'll make America bankrupt

Sounds like a socialist plan to me!

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Educat...ok/TESTIM.HTML seems we abandoned the idea of "free" solar energy for the world when we abandoned the concept of space colonization. maybe the looming energy and environmental crises will elevate this concept to the forefront once again

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You know, I really don't mind government spending to advance the sciences. Sure we are going to get more return from private investment.

But if I have to choose between NASA and paying for the healthcare of the kid who stole my kids bike... I am going with NASA.

Gathering solar energy in space is not apie int he sky idea its realistic and totally possible.
Dunno abotu this particular program but some form of program must occur.

Not necessarily for power here on earth but also the applications it has to space travel, colonization, military applications, general sciences, you name it

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*sniff Sniff*, Do I smell pork? Well, I guess they aren't spending their own money.

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You smell a HUGE PIG ready for the oven.

Its actually a very good idea. It isnt the potential I am worried about. Yeah it will be expensive at first, but all new technologies are like that.

But it will make us extremely vulnerable to our enemies. All they would need to do to cut off our energy (or at least a big chunk of it) is destroy those satelites.

So it is a bad idea for that reason, but only for that reason. The initial cost is just that...initial. And it would be a small price to pay in the long run to be permanently independent energy-wise. But since we cant reliably defend the parts that it needs to work, it's a bad idea to invest in it.

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I've heard about this before. It's not very feasible.

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Why is it not very feasable?



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