Cheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are open
Cheap energy from space or new 'Rods from the Gods' superweapon? You make the call - our phone lines are open
www.yahoo.com Scientists strike massive breakthrough that allows us to extract solar energy from space: ‘No one has ever [done this]’
"We can send energy to remote regions and areas devastated by war or natural disaster."
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"We can send energy to remote regions and areas devastated by war or natural disaster."
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They totally whiffed on the scifi weapon reference, this is obviously an early version of a Low Orbit Ion Cannon.
Cue Tim Curry shouting "SPACE!"
Rods from God are actually... impractical. Controlling where the rods fall turns out to be much much harder than the idea makes it sound.
I suppose if you want non-nuclear ways to wipe out cities, sure. But it doesn't help if your target is much tighter, like military hardware or ships.