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Old 08-19-2014, 04:24 AM  
Bourke
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Of course it makes more sense to setup Solar on earth, but the OP's subject is moon based, so...

But actually yes you can use Microwaves to transmit energy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power
Sorry Mark, that stuff is bogus. I spent several years working in microwave telecommunications. Large scale, high power, long distance transmission of power via microwave does not work. Even if between two fixed points on the same continent...
If it worked then we would be powering homes with it. Or at least using it to send power to more remote towns and cities rather than laying millions of kilometers of very expensive copper.
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