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The case for space solar power

John C. Mankins, Author | United States : The Virginia Edition | 2014

The book describes in detail a highly promising concept - SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite by means of Arbitrarily Large Phased Array) - and presents a business case comprising applications in space and markets on Earth. The book explains how it[...]

E-resource

Electric space : space-based solar power technologies & applications: unlimited energy from space

Royce Jones Danny, Author ; Ali Baghchehsara, Author | North Charleston (United States) : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | 2013

In this book we will look at the topic of space solar energy and the technologies that can be used to generate this energy. While some of the ideas in this book go back to the original concepts many of the ideas and concepts are new. Access to s[...]

Solar power satellites

Don M. Flournoy, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space development | 2012

Large-scale solar thermal power : technologies, costs and development

Werner Vogel ; Henry Kalb | [S.l.] : Wiley-VCH Verlag | 2010

SMART-1 : By Sun Power to the Moon

Bruce Battrick, Editor ; Monica Taveli, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA BR | 2002

Laying the foundation for Space Solar Power : an assessment of NASA's Space Solar Power Investment Strategy

National Research Council (U.S.) Committee for the Assessment of NASA's Space Solar Power Investment Strategy ; Aeronautics and space engineering board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences | [S.l.] : National Academy Press | 2001

Introductory assessment of orbiting reflectors for terrestrial power generation

Kenneth W. Billman ; WIlliam P. Gilbreath ; Stuart W. Bowen | [S.l.] : NASA Technical Memorandum | 1977