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Earlier this year MAPLE made history by collecting solar energy in space and beaming it back down to Earth. Along with several technological convergences, this breakthrough brings us closer to building the first fledgling Dyson Swarm. “Even just 15 years ago people thought this was pure fantasy.”


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