"Space-Based Solar Power and 21st-Century Geopolitical " Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Apr 2019 9:47 p.m. PST |
….Competition. "Way back in the 1970s, when NASA was contemplating the future after the Apollo moon landings, it was thinking big—really big. Two of its big ideas—Gerard K. O'Neill's proposed space colonies and the idea of space solar power systems—were all the rage then. It was a grand vision for a space-based economy that would transform global society. NASA's lunar plans failed to secure U.S. government support, and the massive funding of the 1960s moon race had come to a screeching halt by the mid-1970s. Also problematic was that NASA's space shuttle, which first flew in 1981, never delivered on promises of low-cost access to space. Without a decrease in the cost of access, the price of space-based solar power would never be competitive with terrestrial sources of energy. Finally, we were ignorant of climate change—and coal was cheap and plentiful…."
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| Col Durnford | 03 Apr 2019 7:31 a.m. PST |
Space solar power systems are great, until a Bond villain gets hold of the controls. |
| Tango01 | 03 Apr 2019 11:43 a.m. PST |
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goes beyond the straight line.