“A lot of people doubted that these materials could ever be strong enough to deal with the harsh environment of space,” McMillon-Brown said. “Not only do they survive, but in some ways, they thrived."...

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...

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. “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...

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:...

Read the SpaceNews article here: https://spacenews.com/northrop-grumman-tests-space-solar-power/ To see this story's SSI Facebook comments: Click Here learn more about SPS: here on SSI.org

Read it at: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Race-For-Space-Based-Solar-Power-Is-Underway.html To see this story's SSI Facebook comments: Click Here learn more about SPS: here on SSI.org

Read it at Space.com: https://www.space.com/airbus-space-solar-power-test To see this story's SSI Facebook comments: Click Here learn more about SPS: here on SSI.org