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They claim one Laddermill could generate 100 megawatts of electricity, compared with only a few megawatts from a conventional wind turbine.
Originally posted by astral_ice
Hey and with kites you've got a stopping point for a space elevator construction project, possibly even a power source for construction crews. It is no coincedence that suborbital tech is becoming big business, harder to shoot down from another country.