Originally posted by Chairboy
Imagine huge farms of these balanced at L5 for constant sunshine, all microwaving their power to collection stations that hook into the grid.
A few problems to be overcome: Huge reflectors would reflect the solar wind and therefore have to withstand the thrust reaction. A solar flare could knock the reflector out of the L5 gravitational balance. An assymetrical reaction could spin the reflector. Reaction thruster would need to be constantly correcting the reflector.
A possible good outcome: hunters near the microwave beam collectors could hunt pre-cooked duck.
