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“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 that do will become the leading nations of the twenty first century.”

• Gerard K. O’Neill
  Founder, First President of the Space Studies Institute

“If the PRC manages to become the world’s leading supplier of cheap, clean energy as well, the consequences would be massive — and the power Beijing would gain over global commerce and diplomacy would expand exponentially.”

• Richard Harrison
  Director Defense Technology Programs at the American Foreign Policy Council

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https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3831460-us-cant-afford-to-dawdle-on-investing-in-space-based-solar-power/

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