April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...cannot be understated and here the authors explore how space-based solar power will accelerate existing services and unlock previously unimaginable business opportunities. Space-based solar power (SBSP) first made its appearance in literature in 1941...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... a future in-orbit demonstrator for space-based solar power. Ultimate promise Space-based solar power generation represents a formidable energy solution for Earth and also for space missions Space-based solar power generation represents a formidable...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
...goals, and new oil extraction technologies, such as fracking, reduced energy costs to below that with which space-based solar power could compete. The revolution in oil exploration also caused a new problem on our finite planet: anthropogenic climate...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... accepted roadmap for the development of potentially very large new commercial markets such as in-orbit manufacture, space-based solar power and orbital tourism. Market research by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Bristol Spaceplanes and others...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
...if our world changes in only hours or minutes. In another century it seems likely that we may see the operation of space-based solar power systems, as well as businesses engaging in new types of mining. A hundred years hence, we may also well see the...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
... us is only going to grow with advances in areas like in-orbit manufacturing and in-orbit operations, to provide things like space-based solar power or increased access to space for humans. The last thing we want is to reach a point where operating...
