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ARTEMIS DELAYS AND ESA: CONNECTING THE DOTS
Source: Space Watch Global : Date: 16-01-2024
Recent ESA Solaris studies have clearly established the techno-economic connection between Artemis-driven Moon ISRU and a viable SBSP-driven space economy leveraging the Earth energy markets and the urgency to decarbonize. While current consequences of Artemis accumulated delays appear manageable for NASA’s foreign partners, starting with ESA, that doesn’t mean they should be encouraged, leading to open-ended postponement of Artemis. Furthermore, NASA to give up on SBSP because it requires too many rockets sends the message that the nation is not taking SBPS seriously (on the contrary of Japan, China, India, the UAE, the UK, and Europe) Both issues are linked, we need Artemis, and we need American leadership in SBSP.
'Space nerd' MP Mark Garnier on 'sexy' rockets and turning down Jeff Bezos
Source: Politics Home : Date: 15-01-2024
Space Solar Group Holdings and chairs the advisory board of the Space Energy Initiative. The solar farms he is looking into involve satellites 3.5 kilometres wide, weighing 2,000 tonnes, requiring 60 launches and £1.5bn to get into space, Garnier says – but it’s worth the effort because one could generate a whopping two gigawatts of power. “Somebody will get a gigawatt-producing satellite in orbit by 2035. It may not be us – I hope it will be us – but somebody will be doing it, and it will change the landscape of green energy production immeasurably. It’s real ground-breaking stuff.”....
SPACE TECH: Is NASA Surrendering The Promise of Space-Based Solar Power to China, ESA, And Japan?
Source: Apple Podcasts : Date: 13-01-2024
PODCAST (58 min.): Jeers and scorn greeted NASA’s “Space-Based Solar Power” report, which if taken at face value, experts argue, could strategically disadvantage U.S. efforts to deliver cheap renewable energy, while competitors in the sector move forward. While the document confirms that Space-Based Solar Power is technologically attainable and would deliver electricity at a fraction of the cost to consumers, this episode’s guests say NASA’s assumptions are wildly out of date, do not take into account the current state of space technology, and ignore commonly-held industrial economic principles. Laura Winter speaks with John Mankins, a former NASA physicist, now President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions, who designed the Solar Power Satellite concept, Alpha – Mark 3; Peter Garretson, an American Foreign Policy Council Senior Fellow, coauthor of the book “Scramble for the Skies The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space”; and Ed Tate, Co-Founder and CTO of Virtus Solis, a U.S Space-Based Solar Power company.
NASA Nixes Solar Power From Space (At Least For Now)
Source: Payload's Space / Tim Fernholz : Date: 12-01-2024
A new study from NASA evaluated whether Space Based Solar Power (SBSP) could compete with terrestrial electricity and reduce emissions. The authors considered two model designs that would both require putting massive arrays of solar panels in orbit to collect solar power and beam it to Earth. First, the bad news: The technology won’t be ready for prime time by 2050, according to the study. ...
New report updates NASA on space-based solar power
Source: Tech Xplore : Date: 12-01-2024
"Space-Based Solar Power," a new report from the NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) aims to provide NASA with the information it needs to determine how it can support the development of this field of research. Space-based solar power offers tantalizing possibilities for sustainable energy—in the future, orbital collection systems could harvest energy in ...
NASA OTPS Study Sheds Light on Space-Based Solar Power Prospects for 2050
Source: Space Daily : Date: 12-01-2024
This emerging field of research holds the promise of supplementing Earth's energy needs by collecting solar energy in space and wirelessly .
Reflectors in space could make solar farms on Earth work for longer every day
Source: The Conversation : Date: 12-01-2024
Its goal was to demonstrate solar energy could be reflected from space to Earth. This was the first and only time that a mirror had ever been launched .. (see aslso: ESA study by Arthur D. Little - https://nebula.esa.int/content/pre-phase-system-study-commercial-scale-space-based-solar-power-sbsp-system-terrestrial )
Space-Based Solar Power - video Dailymotion
Source: AFP / Dailymotion / Stéphane Koguc & Jonathan Walter : Date: 11-01-2024
Solar panels installed in space could operate almost without interruption, thanks to sunlight ten times more intense than on Earth, while avoiding ... Source: ESA
Out of this World: Why does Space (and the Moon) hold so much Potential for Energy?
Source: Astrostrom.ch : Date: 03-01-2024
In this discussion at the Dubai Futures Forum that took place during COP 28 in 2023, the space experts allude to the eventual use of lunar resources for the manufacture of Space Solar Power components to supply Earth with sustainable clean energy.
Astrostrom in Chongqing, China
Source: Astrostrom.ch : Date: 16-12-2023
At the invitation of China’s FutureSpace corporation, I was pleased to present the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) at the MYLAKE Aerospace Information Industry International Ecosystem Event in Chongqing, China on November 21, 2023. The theme of the event was ‘One Starry Sky, One Shared Future’. This event attracted over 1,000 participants, including representatives from industry chains, domestic and international institutions, and government agencies, all converging to advance the aerospace information sector.
These scientists want to put a massive 'sunshade' in orbit to help fight climate change
Source: Space.com : Date: 19-12-2023
... space resources and in-space construction," the group's website explains. a silver kite-like sail in space. Large solar sail systems have been ...
Moon Power: Habitable station in Lunar Orbit
Source: Leonard David: Inside Outer Space : Date: 15-12-2023
Switzerland startup, the Astrostrom company, has designed a Greater Earth Lunar Power Station, or GE⊕-LPS for short. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the study envisages a solar power satellite constructed mainly from lunar resources (including Moon-manufactured solar cells) that could deliver megawatts of microwave power down to receivers on the lunar surface, serving the needs of surface activities, including future crewed bases.
China’s Space Program in 2023: Taking Stock
Source: The Diplomat / Namrata Goswami : Date: 14-12-2023
From heavy-lift reusable rockets to satellite internet, a look at China’s progress on top space priorities. Chinese plans in 2023 also included the development of SBSP satellites, across different space institutions involved in the project. The China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) is now focused on developing the base technologies for the construction of a large SBSP satellite, and laser and microwave power beaming.
Professor Michelle Hanlon to Co-Chair International Astronautics Committee
Source: Ole Miss News : Date: 13-12-2023
The International Academy of Astronautics has named University of Mississippi law professor Michelle Hanlon to its permanent committee on space solar power. Beaming space-based solar power energy back to Earth is largely untried, but not unproven, she said. Though no country has yet launched a permanent ...
Abu Dhabi DoE signs clean energy agreements with global partners
Source: Trade Arabia : Date: 08-12-2023
The agreements aim to harness solar power in space and developing world-class clean energy transition polices and technologies to accelerate climate action, both in Abu Dhabi and globally ...
UAE: Abu Dhabi DoE partners with University of Arizona, IRENA to advance clean energy innovation
Source: ANI News : Date: 08-12-2023
The agreements aim to harness solar power in space and develop world-class clean energy transition policies and technologies to accelerate climate ..
Europe's COP 28 Climate Change Goals Should Include Space-Based Solar Power
Source: Forbes : Date: 30-11-2023
On the verge of the 2023 international climate change conference in Dubai, Europe is hard at work on completing a space-based solar power ... But, the European Space Agency —- is taking the idea seriously and has funded a feasibility study to put a constellation of space-based solar satellites in orbit by 2040.
China aims to shine in space-based solar power tech
Source: Chinadaily.com.cn - China Daily : Date: 29-11-2023
After collecting solar energy, the space facility will convert it into electromagnetic radiation, such as microwaves, and laser beams and send it ...
China Targets Breakthrough in Space Solar Energy Transmission
Source: Space Dailey : Date: 29-11-2023
enior researcher Hou Xinbin, a member of both the Committee of Space Solar Power of the Chinese Society of Astronautics and the Permanent Committee on Space Solar Power of the International Academy of Astronautics, outlined the project's scope. The facility will collect solar energy, convert it into electromagnetic radiation like microwaves and laser beams, and transmit it to Earth. Ground stations will then convert these signals into electricity for distribution to power grids.
Solar energy from space could be the answer to Earth's escalating energy demand
Source: IO Innovation Origins : Date: 28-11-2023
Work is in full swing at the European Space Agency (ESA) and TU Delft to make space-based solar power a reality. ESA is actively tackling this challenge, with SOLARIS representing an ambitious project that delves into the possibilities of a groundbreaking method for energy generation: harnessing solar energy in space. The system consists of several space solar power plants that continuously collect sunlight and convert it into electricity. This is then beamed via microwaves to ground stations, where it is converted back into usable energy.
Orbiting solar power station to send electricity back to Earth
Source: CGTN : Date: 28-11-2023
Named "Zhuri," which means "chasing the sun," the space solar power station (SSPS) project was launched six years ago, led by scientist Duan Baoyan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and also a professor at Xidian University, one of China's leading centers for electronics and information technology research.
Galactic Solar Farms: A New Frontier In Renewable Energy
Source: Oil Price / Haley Zaremba : Date: 14-11-2023
Space-based solar farms present a novel solution to the limitations of terrestrial solar energy, offering a promising pathway toward large-scale ...
A small step forward for space-based solar power technology
Source: The Space Review : Date: 14-11-2023
The experiments fit to a specific architecture for a space solar power system called the “Caltech concept,” explained Pellegrino. “It is actually ...
Space-based solar power prepares for takeoff
Source: Varsity : Date: 12-11-2023
As of this June, the University of Cambridge is one of eight institutions to receive grant funding from the UK government's Space Based Solar Power ...
From Sci-Fi to Sky-High: Are Orbiting Solar Panels a Bright Idea?
Source: Securities.io : Date: 11-11-2023
With large public companies investing heavily in manufacturing Space Solar Power products and solutions, the road ahead looks promising. Innovation will thrive, and the system will become more efficient and optimal. After all, the force that drives Space Solar Power missions globally is the greater cause of achieving sustainability for the planet through renewable energy.
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