November 2019
The economic promise of space
... safely and reliably, the implications are enormous – not least in space solar power. Collecting solar power on Earth has many drawbacks and despite all the promising innovation in solar panels and battery technology, this route will never equal the...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... lunar activities and on other celestial bodies. In January 2023, the Caltech Space Solar Power Project used the Transporter-6 mission to launch a prototype - the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD) - into orbit to test several key components for...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... can alleviate issues of scarcity and environmental damage of fossil fuels. And unlike terrestrial solar and wind power, space solar power (SSP) is well suited for base load and requires a much less intrusive terrestrial footprint. At geosynchronous...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... (IPCC) makes clear that very little time remains to reduce emissions enough to avoid catastrophic climate change. Space solar power could have averted our climate crisis, and can still offer limitless energy without further compromising...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... form of the SpaceX BFR, Blue Origin NewGlenn, NASA SLS, not to mention aerospike engines) is tough. Developing space infrastructure such as space solar power or habitats will require either thousands of reusable rockets or one scaled...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
...in active debris removal, small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Terahertz sensors, positioning, satellite communication and space solar power. H-IIA rocket carrying the Michibiki 3, Japan’s third geo-positioning satellite, lifts off on 21 August 2017...
