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From page 9... ... Other uses have been postulated, including power transmission to other space vehicles, power generation for lunar and Martian exploration, power for commercial space development such as communications satellites, and as a source of additional power to enhance the capabilities of such on-orbit facilities as the International Space Station (Grey, 2000~. Making some or all of these uses of space solar power a reality requires developing, fielding, and making effective use of a number of complex technologies within a constrained budget. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... approached the NRC with a request to evaluate its technology investment strategy in space solar power with a view to determining whether or not the strategy that the agency had adopted would meet the program' s technical and economic objectives. Although the current NRC committee neither advocates nor discourages SSP, it recognizes that significant changes have occurred since 1979 that might make it worthwhile for the United States to invest in either SSP or its component technologies. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... Although scientific and engineering advances may help make SSP more feasible, the committee noted that public concerns about environmental degradation are, if anything, even more intense than in the days of the Fresh Look study. 1-3 STUDY APPROACH The NRC formed a committee of eight experts with 11 assessment evaluates the SERT program and the follow-on SSP R&T efforts through December 15, 2000. Read the entire page →

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... Other uses have been postulated, including power transmission to other space vehicles, power generation for lunar and Martian exploration, power for commercial space development such as communications satellites, and as a source of additional power to enhance the capabilities of such on-orbit facilities as the International Space Station (Grey, 2000~. Making some or all of these uses of space solar power a reality requires developing, fielding, and making effective use of a number of complex technologies within a constrained budget.

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From page 10...

... approached the NRC with a request to evaluate its technology investment strategy in space solar power with a view to determining whether or not the strategy that the agency had adopted would meet the program' s technical and economic objectives. Although the current NRC committee neither advocates nor discourages SSP, it recognizes that significant changes have occurred since 1979 that might make it worthwhile for the United States to invest in either SSP or its component technologies.

Read the entire page →

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... Although scientific and engineering advances may help make SSP more feasible, the committee noted that public concerns about environmental degradation are, if anything, even more intense than in the days of the Fresh Look study. 1-3 STUDY APPROACH The NRC formed a committee of eight experts with 11 assessment evaluates the SERT program and the follow-on SSP R&T efforts through December 15, 2000.

Read the entire page →

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1 Introduction Pages 9-11

1 Introduction
Pages 9-11