DOE Q&A About The Satellite Power System (SPS)

The Project Office also maintans an SPS Library, which is operated by the Argonne National Laboratory for the DOE. The Library has on file a limited number of copies of all current reports on the SPS and related topics. The Library periodically updates its bibliography of papers, reports, books and magazine articles on the SPS. Bibliographic inquiries should be directed in writing to: Argonne National Laboratory Satellite Power System Library, Rm. 185 400 No. Capitol Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 The public can also obtain copies of House and Senate hearings on the SPS. The hearings have included testimony from supporters and opponents of the SPS. In the House, the Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications has held hearings on the SPS on February 15, March 28-30 and May 2, 1979. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development held a hearing on August 14, 1978. These committees may be contacted at the following addresses: United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Washington, D.C. 20510 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology Washington, D.C. 20515 Occasional articles dealing with the SPS have appeared in newspapers and magazines. For example, the New York Times devoted two pages to a review of the SPS concept in February 1979. The SPS concept has been referred to in articles dealing with space industrialization and space colonization in magazines having a national circulation, such as Fortune, Nation's Business, and Mother Jones. Mention of the SPS appeared in the national print media when President Carter enunciated his administration's space policy objectives and has continued in the coverage of the ensuing Congressional debates over this policy.

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