Re: high-altitude airship solar power stations?

Joe Strout wrote:

If it also happens to demonstrate the feasibility of beamed
solar power, and get people wondering how to eliminate that
pesky diurnal cycle, then so much the better.

Any comments?

Would it be "so much the better" if it turned out that airborne solar
panels could deliver electric power much cheaper than orbital solar
panels? Or a disaster? :-)

Jim Davis
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