Guests: Dr. Jim Vedda and Karen Jones; Topics, Jim and Karen's paper, "Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision."
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We welcomed Dr. Jim Vedda back to the show with his co-author Karen Jones from the Center For Space Policy And Strategy to discuss their October 2020 paper, "Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision.? If you have not read the paper written by our guests, please do so as we follow it during this interview though our guests do elaborate on many points. The paper can be downloaded at https://aerospace.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Vedda-Jones_SolarPower_20201006_0.pdf.
As has been done with previous programs, the best and most concise summary comes from the tags and key words so I have repeated them below. They closely follow our discussion, including listener phone calls and emails. As you will hear when listening to the programs, callers helped to expand the topics we discussed.
Tags/key words: Dr. Jim Vedda, Karen Jones, Center For Space Policy and Strategy, Space-Based Solar Power: A Near-Term Investment Decision, Dr. Peter Glazer, space solar power, NASA, space solar power history, X-37B, GEO SSP technology, SSP giggle factor, Dept. of Energy, SSP historical and events timeline, rectenna, solar power satellites (SPS), repair & maintenance for the SPS systems, SPS interagency working group, Biden Administration and SPS, climate change research, Earth Science, Green New Deal, solar and the US energy grid, clean energy priorities, safety and environmental concerns, IEEE, ANSI, low level microwaves, higher power density systems and safety, military examples used to support SPS, Northrup-Grumman Program, lowering costs, spinoffs, wireless transmission, carbon free energy goals, IoT, electric car charging, John Mankins, Australia and SPS, additional historical examples supporting SPS, financial community support, demo systems to support economics, China and SPS, SPS regulatory concerns, high demand users, the SPS future.
In addition, some of the key points discussed in our program included not just a history of SPS dating back to Dr. Peter Glazer and his earl work, but also technical descriptions of how some of the proposed SPS would work. Many questions came in about the international space solar power effort as the US has competition. In fact, many other nations are ahead of the U.S. in space solar power research as the we have downplayed for a long time. Our guests spent time addressing benefits and spin off possibilities while they focused on special and high end users such as the U.S. military. Our guests were asked about support and backing from the large investment houses which are now writing glowing reports in support of the commercial space industry. Don't miss this part of the discussion that came later in the program. In addition, our guests looked at possible future space based solar power markets , clean energy priorities and how SPS might fit into the upcoming Biden Administration.
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