FOREWORD 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. A key aspect of the Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program is the evolving Participatory Technology Process. This process attempts to bring together the scientific, public interest, industrial and governmental communities in defining projects, reviewing results and monitoring progress. Part of the evolving 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 result 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. The three public interest groups: Citizens Energy Project, the Forum for the Advancement of Students in Science and Technology (FASST), and the L-5 Society are to be commended for their interest and quality results. The Planning Research Corporation has been responsible for implementing and coordinating the experiment. This has been accomplished in a most professional manner. The individuals who took time to formulate their questions, and the investigators who responded to them have both contributed substantially to the SPS assessment. Frederick A. Koomanoff Director Satellite Power System Project Office
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