addition, concern over acid rain is particularly acute in the eastern USA, Canada and Western Europe. Nuclear power continues to be controversial, particularly in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. Even in the face of brown-outs in the north-eastern USA, two major nuclear projects in that region are being shut down. International Interest In light of the above, it is not surprising that there is growing international interest in space solar power. In early 1989, Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (MBB) announced its corporate interest in solar power satellites, detailing a plan virtually identical to the Earth-launched baseline proposed in the NASA/DOE studies of the late 1970s [5].
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