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Science

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

2. Yes, please let's aim a huge ass microwave beam at earth

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Jun 12, 2023, 10:53 PM

Jun 2023

And hope it stays lined up where we want it.

Unless, of course, we’d like to fry the testicles off of every male in some unfriendly place in our hemisphere. Then we just need to aim it.

I want to live right next door to that downlink receiver.

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Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for 1st time ever [View all] Judi Lynn Jun 2023 OP

Very. cachukis Jun 2023 #1

Yes, please let's aim a huge ass microwave beam at earth Effete Snob Jun 2023 #2

I'm guessing BWdem4life Jun 2023 #3

A last resort CloudWatcher Jun 2023 #4

I remember reading of this possibility decades ago SCantiGOP Jun 2023 #5