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Laying the Foundation for Space Solar Power
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2001-10-30
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 0309170400
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In March 2000, NASA's Office of Space Flight asked the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council to perform an independent assessment of the space solar power program's technology investment strategy to determine its technical soundness and its contribution to the roadmap that NASA has developed for this program. The program's investment strategy was to be evaluated in the context of its likely effectiveness in meeting the program's technical and economic objectives.
Solar Power Satellites
Author: Don M. Flournoy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-12-02
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 1461420008
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Communication satellites are a $144 billion industry. Is there any space-based industry that could possibly beat that market? 'Solar Power Satellites' shows why and how the space satellite industry will soon begin expanding its market from relaying signals to Earth to generating energy in space and delivering it to the ground as electricity. In all industrialized nations, energy demand is growing exponentially. In the developing world, the need for energy is as basic as food and water. The Sun's energy is available everywhere, and it is non-polluting. As business plans demonstrate its technical feasibility, commercial potential, and environmental acceptability, every country on Earth will look to space for the power it needs.
Technical Feasibility of Space Solar Power
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Solar Power from Satellites
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. Subcommittee on Aerospace Technology and National Needs
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Solar Power Satellite
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 468
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Solar Power from Satellites
Author: Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
Published: 2001-12
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0894991140
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A look at ways to collect solar power in space with satellites and beam that power down to Earth to supplement our other sources of electricity. In addition, this is a look at novel ways, to say the least, to construct those satellites. The witnesses at these Senate hearings envision a time when space will be the scene of bustling activity. They foresee construction of gigantic facilities that will provide the world with energy, which is an essential and increasingly costly part of our industrial society.
The Case for Space Solar Power
Author: John Mankins
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780991337019
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book makes the case for Space Solar Power; recounting the history of this fascinating concept and summarizing the many different ways in which it might be accomplished. The book describes in detail a highly promising concept - SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite by means of Arbitrarily Large Phased Array) - and presents a business case comprising applications in space and markets on Earth. The book explains how it is possible to begin now with technologies that are already at hand, while developing the more advanced technologies that will be needed to deliver power economically to markets on Earth. The Case for Space Solar Power concludes by laying out a path forward that is both achievable and affordable: within a dozen years or less, the first multi-megawatt pilot plant could be in operation. Getting started could cost less than $10 million over the first 2 years, less than $100 million over the next half dozen years. Given that space solar power would transform our future in space, and might provide a new source of virtually limitless and sustainable energy to markets across the world, the book poses the question, "Why wouldn't we pursue space solar power?"
Solar Satellite Power System Concepts
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 666
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Solar Power Satellite Research, Development, and Demonstration Program Act of 1978
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 284
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