Post by topsecretresearch on Jun 3, 2012 23:00:57 GMT -5
Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS)
Ways to Save the Planet - Orbital Power Plant
URL: www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23smith.html
Much of the progress has come in the private sector. Companies like Space Exploration Technologies and Orbital Sciences, working in conjunction with NASA’s public-private Commercial Orbital Transportation Services initiative, have been developing the capacity for very low cost launchings to the International Space Station. This same technology could be adapted to sending up a solar power satellite system.
Ways to Save the Planet - Orbital Power Plant
URL: www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/opinion/23smith.html
Much of the progress has come in the private sector. Companies like Space Exploration Technologies and Orbital Sciences, working in conjunction with NASA’s public-private Commercial Orbital Transportation Services initiative, have been developing the capacity for very low cost launchings to the International Space Station. This same technology could be adapted to sending up a solar power satellite system.