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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: sci.research
Subject: Re: Microwave power beaming (was 'art imitates life')
Message-ID: <5934@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 1-Jun-87 19:36:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  1 19:36:41 1987
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In article <1266@ssc-vax.UUCP> eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) writes:
>...  At least in the space-based power
>supply scenario we looked at, the maximum beam intensity was required
>to be no more than 300 watts per square meter.  This is 30% of peak
>desert noonday sunlight intensity. ...

Assuming all that's correct, is 300W/m^2 a safe dosage for microwaves?
They have considerably different frequency than sunlight, so the body's
response to them would be via different mechanisms.  In particular I
suspect that might be enough to cause corneal damage within a short
amount of time.

Could somebody with microwave safety information check this?