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| Near-Space Solar Energy Collectors | ||
| Generating power from solar radiation closer to the source. |
This is a very early reference to this idea, the first that I know about.
| The Symbiotics... armed with their highly developed physical sciences and with sub-atomic power, they were able to construct, out in space, artificial planets for permanent habitation... The planet's external surface, which was wholly transparent, encased the atmosphere. Immediately beneath it hung the photosynthesis stations and the machinery for generating power from solar radiation. Part of this outer shell was occupied by astronomical observatories, machinery for controlling the planet's orbit, and great 'docks' for interplanetary liners. |
| From Star Maker,
by Olaf Stapledon. Published by Methuen in 1937 Additional resources -
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Read more about the artificial planets envisioned by Stapledon.
Compare to the power planet from Power Planet (1931) by Murray Leinster, the solar energy beam from Masquerade (1941) by Clifford Simak, the solar station from Isaac Asmov's 1941 story Reason and the solar beam from The Long Way (1944) by George O. Smith.
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