China announces plans to build a solar power station in space

China is looking to build the first ever solar power station in space and has announced plans to send a one-megawatt solar facility into orbit by 2030. The announcement was made in the state-sponsored Science and Technology Daily newspaper and claims the the station would provide an almost constant supply of power to Earth. If China’s Academy of Space Technology can develop the technology needed to harvest the Sun’s rays and beam them down Earth, the solar power station could go a long way in …