A recent NASA report wasn't too encouraging about the use of space based solar power to help solve the planets energy problems, but we think there might be more to it than the report suggests so we speak to an expert on the subject John Mankins, who has been working on this since the 1990s.
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John Mankins:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mankins-a89a7130/
NASA’s Space-Based Solar Power Report: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/otps-sbsp-report-final-tagged-approved-1-8-24-tagged-v2.pdf?emrc=744da1
The Case For Space Solar Power book: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Space-Solar-Power/dp/099133700X
Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp180-can-space-based-solar-power-save-the-planet-with-john-mankins
Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guests and links to what caught our eye this week.
Image Credits: NASA SPS-ALPHA concept by John C. Mankins
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