Solar energy harvested on the moon would be sent back to Earth

Criswell’s vision calls for establishing lunar mining camps populated with human prospectors who would work six-month shifts building and operating the gear that harvests solar power and sends it streaming 240,000 miles back to Earth.

They would fly to the moon with the equipment they need and use raw materials already on the moon to build thin sheets of silicon-based solar collectors and microwave converters. Receivers on Earth would catch the microwaves, turn them into electricity and feed the energy into the global power grid.

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