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SPS.  Beaming in Space. The CalTech update

SPS. Beaming in Space. The CalTech update

""Through the experiments we have run so far, we received confirmation that MAPLE can transmit power successfully to receivers in space," Hajimiri says. "We have also been able to program the array to direct its energy toward Earth, which we detected here at Caltech."...

SPS. A Bargaining Tool

SPS. A Bargaining Tool

SPS. "If we can demonstrate our technology ahead of the rest of the world, it will also be a bargaining tool for space development with other countries"  https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Science/Japan-to-try-beaming-solar-power-from-space-in-mid-decade     (if you hit...

Not a Gee-Whiz Society. Coyote SPS

Not a Gee-Whiz Society. Coyote SPS

Not a Gee-Whiz Society Drove down to the Space Studies Institute offices yesterday to be reminded - again - by Executive Director Robin that anyone can talk, SSI needs people to do; Quietly *do.* And while discussing a do-able her phone beeped. She looked down at it...

SPS on the BBC

SPS on the BBC

A note to SSI from across the pond: " I just wanted to let you know that our episode on space-based solar power went ‘live’ yesterday! It will be going out again several times on Wednesday on BBC World Service radio, and it’s...

SPS. A View From The Hill

SPS. A View From The Hill

SPS. “If we continue to ignore satellite power as a goal of our space program, satellite power is not going to be forgotten. It will simply be picked up and exploited by one or more other nations that see that potential six trillion dollar a year market. The nations...

SPS Test is Launched… On a Falcon

SPS Test is Launched… On a Falcon

Read it here: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-to-launch-space-solar-power-technology-demo-into-orbit-in-january And here: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/headed-to-space-today-test-hardware-for-a-solar-power-plant/ And here:...