Correct me if I am wrong but don’t cosmic rays originate from the deep space, they are high powered energy particles that can pass through dense substances but do not enter Earth’s atmosphere. Would it be possible to have a collector in space to generate energy from them?
I heard that some country in Europe was working on harnessing cosmic rays as an alternative energy source and that it is possible. What are the concerns about this and are those concerns legitimate?
How often to cosmic rays hit the earth (on a square meter basis)
and what is their average energy?
Additionally, what is the average number of cosmic rays entering the earth’s atmosphere each second?
Revision: forget the magnitude. How about the NUMBER of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere during a given second?
