NASA and the US Department of Energy did a study in the late 70s that cost $ 20 million at the time and looked at it in pretty great depth, the conclusion at that time was that there was nothing wrong with the physics but the real question is the economics.

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Without the similar research base that we have in the United States for, say, fusion energy it's unlikely to make meaningful progress, if the Japanese make progress in the next five years people might start to notice and say' Why aren't we doing that here.' Ultimately, he said, space-based solar energy is like most novel ideas.

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People might not associate radio waves with carrying energy.

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Unfortunately, too, from a public relations standpoint, both microwaves and lasers have negative connotations for most people because they associate microwaves with the oven in their kitchen and lasers with science fiction space battles.

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