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New US-China Space Race Heating Up

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New US-China Space Race Heating Up

Going to space for power from the sun

Nov 29, 2022
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New US-China Space Race Heating Up

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By: Genevieve Donnellon-May

Great-power competition has now ascended to space, with a race underway between China and the United States for space-based solar power generation.

Known colloquially as SBSP, it refers to orbital systems that would collect and harvest solar energy using enormous solar-powered satellites that convert solar energy into microwave…

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