Can solar space stations be used as stealth weapons?

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Space stations with huge solar panels are being discussed to provide solar power during night, but what happens if someone enters the wrong coordinates and send megawatts of microwaves to a residential area? What happens when nobody knows if it was an accident or a deliberate attack?

At a scattered gigawatt effect, your blood brain barrier would be destroyed and everyone in the city gets a brain infection. Mad rambling and fever. Anarchy breaking out. A weapon preferred by dictators.

With a focused megawatt attack, nobody sees anything, but suddenly you feel feverish with dry skin, and the water in your blood starts to boil from within like in a microwaveoven until your eyes pop out from your head and burst. Could be used to take out political opponents and dictators alike.

 

[Einstein]

It does look like the Democrats in congress have already been targeted this way. They have the mad rambling symptom. Up until now I just thought their brains were genetically inferior.

 

[MODAT7]

The NAZI space mirror was intended for direct reflected sunlight attacks on cities to burn them down. As you described, I've never really liked the "wireless energy to the planet" idea. If it's run off a Micro$oft product, even if the coordinates are right, it's likely to mistarget and kill people. Worse would be minimal dosage and surviving as a cripple the rest of your life.

Even as a MASER, there would still be atmospheric scattering of the beam. I wouldn't want to live close to a downlink station.

 

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The NAZI space mirror was intended for direct reflected sunlight attacks on cities to burn them down. As you described, I've never really liked the "wireless energy to the planet" idea. If it's run off a Micro$oft product, even if the coordinates are right, it's likely to mistarget and kill people. Worse would be minimal dosage and surviving as a cripple the rest of your life.

Even as a MASER, there would still be atmospheric scattering of the beam. I wouldn't want to live close to a downlink station.

Maybe easier to just use a space elevator with a cable then. They have to go up and down for maintenance on a daily basis when hit by space debris.

 

[MODAT7]

I'm thinking exotic free energy that the various governments and big corps have been hiding. Won't need orbital power transfers, then. It could also take us into orbit without bulky rockets.

 

[PaulaJedi]

I'm thinking exotic free energy that the various governments and big corps have been hiding. Won't need orbital power transfers, then. It could also take us into orbit without bulky rockets.

They won't allow citizens to use anything they can't charge for. There is no reaosn why we should have all these cords right now. Why am I still tripping over a vacuum cord when Nikola Tesla had it solved? Why isn't every new home automatically equipped with solar panels? Pure greed is the only answer. We look like we're behind on technology because they are trying to make money off everything. Humans are just like Star Trek's Ferengi.

 

[BlastTyrant]

They won't allow citizens to use anything they can't charge for. There is no reaosn why we should have all these cords right now. Why am I still tripping over a vacuum cord when Nikola Tesla had it solved? Why isn't every new home automatically equipped with solar panels? Pure greed is the only answer. We look like we're behind on technology because they are trying to make money off everything. Humans are just like Star Trek's Ferengi.

That is a very good point, Here in Nevada we have so much new housing coming in due to the influx of Californians and migrants, not a single one has Solar in a state where we have 95% sunshine year round. But you're right if they did that they couldn't charge us up the ass with electricity,

There is also zero talk about water conservation and solutions but hey, lets throw up a new casino and billions in new housing.

 

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They won't allow citizens to use anything they can't charge for. There is no reaosn why we should have all these cords right now. Why am I still tripping over a vacuum cord when Nikola Tesla had it solved? Why isn't every new home automatically equipped with solar panels? Pure greed is the only answer. We look like we're behind on technology because they are trying to make money off everything. Humans are just like Star Trek's Ferengi.

I looked for mirrors to improve the intensity of my solar panels, but a piece of glass or acrylic plastic costs more than another 100W solar panel of the same surface. A thin plate of steel costs twice as much as an equally large high efficiency solar panel made by hand in Sweden. It would literally be cheaper to build the whole house out of solar panels than basic materials. There has to be some environmentalist agenda behind these prices below the cost of raw materials. Could only be financed using government grants and private donations. $100 per month in electric bill, $100 for a large solar panel.

 

[MODAT7]

I looked for mirrors to improve the intensity of my solar panels, but a piece of glass or acrylic plastic costs more than another 100W solar panel of the same surface. A thin plate of steel costs twice as much as an equally large high efficiency solar panel made by hand in Sweden. It would literally be cheaper to build the whole house out of solar panels than basic materials. There has to be some environmentalist agenda behind these prices below the cost of raw materials. Could only be financed using government grants and private donations. $100 per month in electric bill, $100 for a large solar panel.

It's the other half of environmentalists really wanting to control everything instead of saving the planet. I played around with cardboard and foil as reflectors for a little gain. The problem comes around with heat (at least in Texas). The hotter the panel gets, the less electricity it produces, even though its brighter. I've looked into making my own panels for regular use, but I'd need an array the size of my house plus entire yard just to power my home network. Solar thermal converted directly to electricity might be interesting where I live, but it is still cost prohibitive, even with some recent advancements.

Edit: And I also wonder (in agreement) why a piece of glass with a thin silver backing is the same price or more expensive to produce than monocrystaline silicone grown in a multi-million dollar chip furnace.

 

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It's the other half of environmentalists really wanting to control everything instead of saving the planet. I played around with cardboard and foil as reflectors for a little gain. The problem comes around with heat (at least in Texas). The hotter the panel gets, the less electricity it produces, even though its brighter. I've looked into making my own panels for regular use, but I'd need an array the size of my house plus entire yard just to power my home network. Solar thermal converted directly to electricity might be interesting where I live, but it is still cost prohibitive, even with some recent advancements.

Edit: And I also wonder (in agreement) why a piece of glass with a thin silver backing is the same price or more expensive to produce than monocrystaline silicone grown in a multi-million dollar chip furnace.

I managed to raise 0.5W into 0.7W using a reflector, when using my 200W panels after sunset when the powerstation is unplugged. Not enough to charge anything, but enough to keep an emergency radio running all day without draining the battery.