history and instead teach the future or at least more current problems." "Of over three hundred people questioned about SPS seventy percent had never heard of it." However, of the seventy percent all of them named solar power as one source of future power along with coal and nuclear. Students know the term "solar" but not the mechanics of producing solar power. After explaining the operation of the SPS in space and on the ground, the students next response was to ask how much power it would produce. When informed of the possible military uses of the SPS, most students stated that right now things could be over with the press of a button, so why the concern? For student participation to increase more effort should be made by the students that understand the SPS concept to inform others. A small amount of time given by people that understand the SPS could increase knowledge, acceptability, by many hundreds of percent. "It doesn't take much effort to inform students if you really feel they should know."
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