NASA: Space Solar Power: Inflatable Structures and Materials

Part 8: SSP Technologies: Structures, Materials, and Controls  Introduction – John Mankins Inflatable Structures and Materials Inflatable Trusses Isogrid Boom Other Inflatable Structures Hexapod YouTube Link (11:32): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3nRfGUwHs4 Transcript of video: Introduction – John Mankins Transporting anything to space and in space is an expensive proposition. Therefore, NASA is developing extremely lightweight, collapsible [...]

By |2025-02-07T20:06:50+01:00February 7th, 2025|Articles|Comments Off on NASA: Space Solar Power: Inflatable Structures and Materials
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Space Option Star in ELEO

Developing solar power satellites (SPS) as a major energy source for Earth will involve multiple orbital demonstrators. Satellites in low Earth orbits (LEO) will have far lower costs than demonstrators in geostationary orbit (GEO) or High Elliptical Orbits (HEO), but they have the major disadvantage that they can deliver [...]

By |2025-03-24T12:09:07+01:00February 6th, 2025|Articles, News|Comments Off on Space Option Star in ELEO
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Arthur Woods at EPFL eSpace

On May 28, 2024, I was pleased at the invitation from EPFL to speak about my background, Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), our ESA funded study 'Greater Earth Lunar Power Station'  and a SBSP Case Study for Switzerland. To address the energy and climate crises, renewed interest in Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) is being [...]

By |2025-02-07T14:59:01+01:00June 7th, 2024|News, Press|Comments Off on Arthur Woods at EPFL eSpace
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Astrostrom at the International Conference on Energy From Space 2024

Astrostrom was represented by Dr. Patrick Collins at the International Conference on Energy From Space which took place in London, 17-19 April 2024. Patrick delivered two presentations and participated in a round table discussion on Policy and Collaboration on Tuesday April 18. The first presentation was: Advantages of Equatorial Orbits for SPS Demonstrator Satellites Developing [...]

By |2025-02-07T14:59:54+01:00April 23rd, 2024|News, Press|Comments Off on Astrostrom at the International Conference on Energy From Space 2024
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