First International Assessment of Space Solar Power Press Conference 2011
Mark Hopkins, CEO of the National Space Society – 12 minutes [slides in PDF]
John C. Mankins, President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions – 28 minutes [slides in PDF 5MB]
George Dietrich, President of SPACE Canada – 3 minutes
Questions and Answers – 48 minutes
Space Solar Power: The First International Assessment of Space Solar Power: Opportunities, Issues and Potential Pathways Forward. John C. Mankins, Editor. International Academy of Astronautics. November, 2011, 272 pages. PDF 50 MB.
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Examples of News Reports about the First International Assessment of Space Solar Power:
- Reuters: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Aviation Week: Space Solar Power Seen Profitable By 2040 (print edition Nov. 21, 2011, p.20)
- National Geographic: Beam It Down: A Drive to Launch Space-Based Solar
- Discovery News: Beaming Down Earth’s Energy from Space
- The Space Review: Making the case, again, for space-based solar power
- Next Big Future: Major IAA Space Based Solar Power Report
- ABC Science: Space solar power touted for energy needs
- MSNBC: Orbital solar power plants could meet Earth’s energy needs
- Kurzweil AI: A limitless power source for the indefinite future
- World Future Society: Space-Based Solar Power Could Arrive in Ten Years and Create Millions of Jobs, Say Researchers
- Clean Energy: No new technology necessary to bring solar space stations to reality
- Yahoo News: Is Space-Based Solar Power’s Time Drawing Nigh?
A number of international news organization web sites produced produced web reports derived from the original Reuters report (listed alphabetically):
- Arab News: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- AtisSun: Orbiting Solar Power Stations by 2041, New Study Reports
- Bangladesh News: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Business Green: Could space lasers deliver clean energy breakthrough?
- Business Live: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Calgary Herald: Harvesting sun’s power in space ‘feasible’: study
- Chicago Tribune: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Clean Technica: Space Lasers! (for Clean Energy, Obviously)
- CNBC: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Daily FT: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- The Daily Mail (U.K.): Giant orbiting power plants could harvest the sun’s energy to provide world’s power needs
- The Daily Star (Lebanon): Orbital solar panels could resolve all power needs
- Dawn: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- ECN: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- The Economic Voice: Spaced based solar power stations of the future
- EcoSeed: Space solar power station possible within three decades – I.A.A.
- Energy and Capital: Solar Power in Orbit: Sending Solar Plants to Space
- Geek.com: Space-based solar power collectors possible in twenty years
- The Globe and Mail: Orbital solar plants could help solve Earth’s energy crisis
- Green Planet Ethics: Space Solar Power Plants? Orbital Space Solar Power Plants Possible in Decade or Two
- The Guilfordian: Solar power from space explored as energy alternative
- Gulf Daily News Bahrain: Orbital solar plants ‘can solve energy crisis’
- Hamari Web: Space solar power touted for energy needs
- Independent Online: Harnessing the power of the sun
- Inhabitat: Leading Scientists Predict Giant Orbiting Power Plants Could Power the Earth by 2041
- InterAksyon: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- International Business Times: Orbital Solar Power Plants Touted for Energy Needs
- The International News: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Irish Independent: Giant solar space panels tipped to power cars, homes of future
- Khaleej Times: Space solar power can solve energy crisis
- Kyiv Post: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Mother Nature Network: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Mumbai Mirror: Orbital solar plants could power Earth
- News Daily: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- The News International: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Nile International: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- OilPrice.com: Energy of the Future: Spaced Based Solar Stations
- Peak Oil: Orbiting stations would harvest sun’s energy
- PhysOrg.com: IAA says ‘Yes We Can’ to power plants in orbit
- Red Orbit: Orbiting Solar Power Plants ‘Technically Feasible’ Within 30 Years: Study
- The Register (U.K.): Enormous orbiting solar raygun power plants touted
- SlashGear: Solar satellite plan blasts fossil fuels with eco-laser
- SmartPlanet: Space, solar power’s next frontier?
- Techthefuture: Space Solar Power Only Ten Years Away
- Today (Singapore): Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- Vancouver Sun: Orbiting stations would harvest sun’s energy
- Vision: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
- ZME Science: Tomorrow’s energy will come from space based solar stations, no later than 2016
