Off-world Power Generation

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:03:10 GMT

Landing rework: status-first (testbed built, sims complete), labs index, motivation demoted below fold

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-=== Concept ===
+'''Off-world Power Generation''' is a long-term project to develop '''autonomous
 ==== Premise ====
-==== Goal ====
+ <Earth>   <-clearsky-burst-laser--   <satellite>
 Near-earth or Lagrange-point solar array about the size of Nebraska to power the globe.
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 * 1 out of every 811 humans on earth live in NYC, so 250 sq km dish * 811 (assuming every human uses as much energy as a New Yorker) requires a solar array of only around 200,000 sq km - the size of Nebraska - to power the globe.  A physicist confirms on the back of an envelope that the area needed [https://youtu.be/E0W1ZZYIV8o will be "near-(UK)-country-sized"].
-==== Conclusion ====
+==== The long road ====
 Keep it as simple as possible, but no less.
 * We need to optimize free space power transmission in lab conditions using currently-available consumer electronics.
-* We need to create a solar panel array with robotics that can self-assemble.
+* We need to create a solar panel array with robotics that can self-assemble. ''(← the current focus — see Status above)''
 * We need robotics that can precisely and safely aim laser energy to a distant target using a real-time handshaking protocol.
 * We need to determine the cheapest possible way to launch a payload from Earth and navigate it to a final stable destination (lagrange or Earth orbit).
 * We need to determine the requirements to receive laser power at an Earth-based power plant.
-The robotics that self-assemble the array. See [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 5: Robotic self-assembly|Lab 5: Robotic self-assembly]], which includes a [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 5: Robotic self-assembly#Defensive Publication: Autonomous In-Space Self-Assembly of Modular Structures|defensive publication]] (2026) disclosing the project's in-space self-assembly autonomy, docking guidance, distributed slot-claiming, growth logic, and L2 relative-navigation methods as public-domain prior art.
+== Archive ==
 === [[Off-world Power Generation Research|Research]] ===

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