1) Solar Power Plant to Orbit Earth
 
Capturing sunlight via an orbiting platform and beaming electrical power to Earth has the potential to supply endless energy, help stave off climate change and avoid future conflicts over oil, according to a new study led by the National Security Space Office, Department of Defense.

“This is a solution for all mankind,” observed former astronaut Buzz Aldrin at the Washington announcement. Aldrin chairs the spaceflight advocacy group ShareSpace Foundation.  The consensus of 170 collaborating experts worldwide estimates that in a single year, satellites in a continuously sunlit orbit could generate an amount of energy nearly equivalent to the total energy available in global oil reserves. Mark Hopkins, senior vice president of the National Space Society, maintains that making this one move could transform the United States into an energy-exporting nation.

“It is the largest energy option available to us today…more power potentially than all of the other power sources combined,” says Hopkins.  Since the dawn of the Space Age 50 years ago, scientists have dreamed of this day. But technology and cost hurdles stood in the way. Now Charles Miller, director of Space Frontier Foundation, believes that with the proper public and private support, the space-based solar power industry could take off within 10 years.  

For more see www.NSS.org/settlement/ssp/index.htm
 

 

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