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Gilbert on Jun 11, 2008

Thank you kindly for making me a part of your daily dose of Gawker.


docsunstroke on Oct 12, 2007

Hey, Fierock! I posted this message on the Spanish Shrine Solar site, and am placing it here also, just in case. Really appreciate your kind comments about Sunstroke and your good wishes posted here and in other areas of this great site. Yes, I've had the honor of appearing on Art Bell's "Coast-to-Coast AM" worldwide radio program four times and am happy you heard at least one of the shows. BTW another major news story on space-based solar power via microwaves -- the concept featured in Sunstroke -- just came out today (Oct. 12) on MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21253268/ Looks like things are really heating up regarding this project. Am glad you're keeping abreast of space-based alternative energy technology, and of its military applications. Doomwatch: The Legacy is also based on a true-life project that accidentally plunges the planet into an eco-disaster of horrendous proportions, far worse than global warming. I've enjoyed your many valuable product reviews and comments here on Gizmodo and found them to be very helpful. Keep up the good work! Best, David Kagan

docsunstroke on Sep 26, 2007

Fierock Rules! Thanks DK

docsunstroke on Sep 23, 2007

Fierock! More power to you! News agencies in the U.S. have been recently writing and posting articles about "the power from above", meaning deploying very large satellites in geosynchronous orbit to harness energy from the Sun and beam it down to Earth in the form of intense microwaves for instant conversion into electricity. If all goes well, these solsats could supply entire cities with enormous amounts of power, and at the same time be utilized as space-based weapons systems. Sound like science fiction? Yes, especially considering the fact that a grand Sci-fi novel based on this concept has already been published. But more about this book a little later. First, let's take a closer look at this proposed project. Also you might want to check out a very recent article by space.com that states a solar power demonstration satellite will be deployed in orbit by the Pentagon in the next five to seven years. You can read this story here: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology070919_sps_airforce.html What would be the effect on the ionosphere from such a satellite utilizing high-intensity microwaves for power-beaming solar electricity to Earth? According to the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment and the EPA, ionospheric heating induced by microwaves at the established 2.45 gigahertz frequency from a solsat could severely disrupt telecommunications satellites and TV/radio signals that rely on the ionosphere to reflect them. Also tropospheric heating by such a microwave beam could result in negative weather modifications. Heating of biological tissue (humans, plants, animals) would occur at ground level from the microwave beam's 23 milliwatt per square centimeter surface intensity (or greater, depending on the satellite's size). Enough to cook us. There is a really good Sci-fi book titled Sunstroke written by David Kagan (The Berkely Publishing Group, NY), that depicts the deployment and operation of Solsat X-1, involving some unforeseen and most devastating results. Sort of like placing the environment into a gigantic microwave oven set on high, with many surprises along the way. It's up to all of us to decide whether or not Sunstroke becomes reality. Please let me know your feelings about this very important subject. Here's a direct link to a brand new article from space.com regarding a true-life Solsat X-1 to be deployed in orbit by the U.S. Pentagon within the next seven years. www.space.com/businesstechnology/070919_sps_airforce.html Also one Superb article from: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/07/350320.aspx Really interesting indeed. Looks like the Sci-fi novel Sunstroke by David Kagan may soon become reality. If you wish to contact David Kagan, author of SUNSTROKE, Please do so at: http://www.theendoftheuniverse.ca/node/762 docsunstroke SOLSAT X-1 He will appreciate positive and negative feedback on the new Pentagon Proposal. You'll find many answers regarding the power-beaming of high-intensity microwaves from space in this website: Feel free to post any comments there. Thank you DK


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