To those getting a bit rambuncious on this forum, I have been letting the discussion get a bit loose in hopes of getting more lurkers interested and weighing...
1. If I remember correctly, PhotoVoltaic's were not the initial proposed means back in 1960's for converting the sun's energy received at GEO into electricity,...
Photosynthesis is very inefficient. You're lucky to get 3% conversion of sunlight to energy in biomass. That means you need 10x the area that you would for a...
Hi Jimmy, and all I'm one of your 81 lurkers, and have been following the discussions, the last few weeks. I have my own agenda, one requiring a good deal of...
Thank you Arthur. I was not precise in my description I guess. Still I have seen the calcualtion of PS efficiency at a theoretical maximum at 9%. And "Experts...
From the web site: Broadcast 682 (Special Edition) Aired on March 9th, 2007 Guest: Darel Preble Darel Preble was the guest on this program to discuss the Space...
FYI, "Cheaper Solar Power Heads Mainstream" Reuters http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070522/sc_nm/solar_costs_worldwatch_dc_1; _ylt=At3DDWA5WlP5L4damDLO_IsE1vAI ...
mark: Thank you for forwarding this article it brings up an important issue. Many approach issues, in this case energy issues with ideology. I see Ideology ...
Greetings, I am trying to facilitate some study of SSP within AIAA. Please contact me if you are an AIAA member. You can email to: CFRJLR (at sign) gmail...
I created a new folder in the links area and added thse links: Guest: Col. Michael V. Smith, USAF (Coyote) Aired on August 1st, 2007 - USAF Col. Michael V....
FYI, "Power from Space? Pentagon Likes the Idea - Frontline soldiers could use energy beamed from orbit, study says" MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21253268...
Here is a copy of the report: http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/library/nsso.htm ... dollar ... move ... advantage ... most ... Today's ... in ... has ... Lt. ...
FYI, "Space-Based Solar Power Beams Become Next Energy Frontier" Popular Mechanics http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4230315.html ... Mark...
I am Vice President of a 501-c(3) tax exempt group (Moon Society) and we are considering adopting this project, and raising funds for it. Therefore we are...
Looks to me that a Lofstrom launch loop might be a completely natural fit for launching SPS systems. It's a high throughput launch system, equatorial and so...
Keith Loftstrom's visionary concept of his Launch Loop might well deserve a re-visit, even though it's capability would only electrically lift a rocket...
... The Lofstrom loop concept is capable of injecting payloads directly into GTO (geosynchronous transfer orbit), and a relatively small kick motor can ...
... As I understand it, the current idea behind the Lofstrom loop is that it accelerates the payload by it being magnetically dragged by the loop which is...
FYI, Space Studies Institute (SSI) Space Manufacturing Conference http://update.ssi.org ... Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) ...
FYI, "'Drilling Up' into Space for Energy" Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071223/ap_on_sc/space_power_2;_ylt=AsN7wY e0cQzqnueDoMIxKMcE1vAI ... ...
On October 10th 2007, the NSSO (part of the US DOD in the Pentagon) published their interim assessment report on Space Based Solar Power. Since then, there has...
Hi everybody - having read this just now, I would like to point you to Guy Pignolet, from La Réunion, who has developed and procudes several of such ...
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Hi Leo, Yes, Guy is an old friend of mine, for over 25 years. He has recently retired from CNES and is travelling the world. At Guy's suggestion a few months...
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