Page 8. Have psychological factors affecting manned operations 22 in the space environment been taken into account in studies of the health and safety of the space workers? IV. About the Societal Effects 1. Why do we need centralized power (baseload power) and a 22 national energy grid? Wouldn't a system like SPS require too much control over people, and large institutions to manage it? Many people have expressed a desire to be more self-reliant through control of their own energy supply. Wouldn't reliance on the SPS inhibit this goal? 2. How could SPS development lead to de-centralization of 24 social institutions and decision-making structures? 3. What are the opportunity costs of developing the SPS? 25 Won't the diversion of so much capital to the SPS rob other promising energy technologies of development funds and leave the nation less flexible in responding to energy needs. What does the country do for its energy while it waits for the SPS to come on-line? 4. Who will be the economic beneficiaries of the SPS? The 26 impression is that only aerospace companies and their workers will benefit. 5. Who will provide insurance for the SPS? For damage claims 27 from occupation exposure, wandering beams and crashes a la Sky Lab? 6. There is uneasiness over the whole issue of the military 28 implications of SPS. Some people fear or suspect that its primary purpose is as a military weapon and wonder why such studies are being done in the first place. Others wonder how vulnerable the system is to sabotage (especially the rectenna) and therefore to disruption in the supply of energy. 7. Will development of the SPS seriously deplete any of the 29 earth's resources? 8. Have other countries been approached to participate in SPS 30 studies? If so, which ones? 9. Who would control, maintain and provide funds for SPS 31 development?
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