Cheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are open
Cheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are open
www.yahoo.com Scientists strike massive breakthrough that allows us to extract solar energy from space: ‘No one has ever [done this]’
"We can send energy to remote regions and areas devastated by war or natural disaster."
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"We can send energy to remote regions and areas devastated by war or natural disaster."
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They totally whiffed on the scifi weapon reference, this is obviously an early version of a Low Orbit Ion Cannon.
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Cue Tim Curry shouting "SPACE!"
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Rods from God are actually... impractical. Controlling where the rods fall turns out to be much much harder than the idea makes it sound.
I suppose if you want non-nuclear ways to wipe out cities, sure. But it doesn't help if your target is much tighter, like military hardware or ships.