Technical Feasibility of Space Solar Power
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2001-11-30
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 0309075971
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.
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.
Author: Carl P. Thompson
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9781634831468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Space-based solar power (SBSP) is a concept for a revolutionary energy system. It involves placing into orbit stupendously large orbital power plants--kilometers across--which collect the sun's raw energy and beam it down to where it is needed on the earth. In theory, SBSP could scale to meet all of humanity's energy needs, providing virtually unlimited green, renewable power to an energy-hungry world. With growing international awareness of energy security challenges, the promise of space-based solar power for clean and unlimited energy for all humankind is certainly appealing. While significant progress continues in the enabling technologies of such systems, is there compelling evidence that space-based solar power systems will provide the best energy solution? How does the Army's current approach to incorporating a diverse portfolio of renewable energy sources in distributed locations compare with the potential of enterprise ventures that beam energy from solar collectors in space? For more than 4 decades, many credible organizations in government and industry have explored the concept of space-based solar power. But their serious studies often conclude that such systems remain on the future horizon, usually at least 10 years away from practical application. This book posits that, while space-based solar power systems may be technically feasible, there is no compelling evidence that such systems will be economically or operationally competitive with terrestrial-power generation systems in use or in development. However, this book does find that there may be some utility in the limited application of space-based solar power to enable operations in remote and forward operating locations.
Author: John Mankins
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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?"