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		eru on Aug 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australian government approves AAPowerLink project... Why would you want to do orbital repairs? For the amount of effort required, you'd just send up a replacement.

stavros on Aug 21, 2024 [–]

And we're saying that deploying new solar sails (with integrated power transmitters) to orbit is cheaper than replacing a solar panel on earth?

eru on Aug 21, 2024 | [–]

Not at the moment, but at some point it might be. Real estate on earth has lots of competing uses, so it has a lot of opportunity costs.

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