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Some Questions And Answers About The Satellite Power System (SPS)

  • Contract Number: DEAC0179ER10041
  • Report Code: DOEER00491
  • Release year: 1980
  • Pages: 52

Coordinating Organizations:

  • Citizens Energy Project
  • Forum For The Advancement Of Students In Science And Technology
  • L-5 Society
  • Planning Research Corporation
  • US Office Of Energy Research
  • US Satellite Power System Office

Contributors:

Frederick A Koomanoff, Gerard K O'Neill

Abstract/Description:

The proper assessment of an advanced technology requires widespread participation from the entire spectrum of interest. Such participation helps to ensure openness, enhance communications, and improve the probability that all major problems are identified and assessed. ... Part of the Participatory Technology Process has been a public outreach experiment. This experiment has solicited comments from 9000 individuals, 3000 from each of three diverse public groups. The forty-four composite questions contained in this report, reflecting the concerns of more than 1000 respondents, are one results of the experiment. The questions have been answered by the principal investigators from universities, national laboratories, private contractors and government agencies responsible for specific assessment and research studies. Thus, both the interested individual and the investigator learn of the ideas and concerns of the other.

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