From: utzoo!decvax!cca!dietz.usc-cse@UDel-Relay@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.space Title: Relativistic Electron Power Transmission Article-I.D.: sri-unix.3401 Posted: Tue Sep 21 18:21:54 1982 Received: Wed Sep 22 04:48:03 1982 Electrons are a bad idea because of energy losses from synchrotron radiation. If the bending magnets are large enough this isn't a problem (how large?). I also worry about magnetic fields in the solar wind and the lunar soil deflecting the beam.