November 2019
The economic promise of space
...creation and increases in the standard of living. A futuristic concept by ESA to beam solar power down to Earth - has the time come for such solar power satellites? Catalysts for growth Space transportation is the absolute key to opening the infinite...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... can be used over and over again this could also be used to deploy solar power satellites. Likewise, if space mining enterprises can develop low cost satellites that could be produced at lower cost and in high volume via 3D printing this...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... ‘common heritage of humankind’ - and so. These ‘rules of the road’ will cover activities like those associated with solar power satellites and ground based ‘rectennas’, asteroid and celestial body mining, material processing in space, and even the...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... another huge economic opportunity that could easily have powered the efforts required to build a cislunar infrastructure. Building solar powered satellites (SPS) could not only power our space development projects but also give our terrestrial...
26 February 2018
The New Gold Rush: the Riches of Space Beckon!
... revolution but writers have also predicted untold wealth generation from more ambitious applications such as solar power satellites and asteroid mining. This, effectively, is the message of this book which, according to its publicity, “captures...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... include on-orbit refuelling, retrofit, and servicing, possible active orbital debris removal from LEO, solar power satellites, space mining, planetary defence, space tourism, hypersonic transportation, and commercial activities in protospace (the...
