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Fully reusable super‑heavy launch cuts orbital cost to ~$100/kg, forming the lift foundation for a Dyson swarm.
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Fully reusable super‑heavy launch cuts orbital cost to ~$100/kg, forming the lift foundation for a Dyson swarm.
Ground‑laser arrays push nanolaser sails to 20% light speed, testing stellar‑scale energy beaming and interstellar infrastructure.
In 2023 the MAPLE experiment first demonstrated orbital wireless power transfer and beamed detectable power to Earth.
Xidian University’s OMEGA plan aims to build an orbital power station by 2028.
JAXA advances microwave wireless power, targeting a gigawatt‑scale space station by the 2040s.
Europe’s space solar program evaluates orbital generation with microwave downlink to inform 2030s decisions.
Infrared surveys hunting excess waste heat around stars provide the most direct Dyson‑sphere test.
A Swedish team used Gaia and WISE data to flag seven Dyson‑sphere candidate stars.
A US firm founded in 2024 plans a LEO small‑sat constellation to gather solar power and laser‑beam it down.
A US startup designs a modular megasat solar array to supply steady grid power via microwave
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