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ISDC To Showcase Northrop Grumman/Caltech Push Toward Space Solar Power
http://blog.nss.org/?p=4735
ISDC To Showcase Northrop Grumman/Caltech Push Toward Space Solar Power
Posted on April 27, 2015 by David Brandt-Erichsen
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds a recent Northrop Grumman announcement that it is providing up to $17.5 million to an initiative with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the development of Space Solar Power (SSP). Sergio Pellegrino from Caltech will present the project in detail at NSS’s annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC)® in Toronto on May 20-24 (nss.org/2015).
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Establishment of an operational space-based solar power system transmitting the sun’s energy to Earth is Milestone 8 in the NSS Space Settlement Roadmap (nss.org/RoadmapPart3). SSP could be a particularly attractive way to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people in developing countries that don’t have electricity due to a lack of both power generation and transmission infrastructure.
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The Northrop Grumman/Caltech initiative will focus on three areas: high-efficiency ultra-light photovoltaics, ultra-light deployable space structures, and phased-array power transmission. Up to 50 students, post-docs, and senior researchers will eventually join the team, who will use specialized laboratories constructed for the initiative.
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ISDC To Showcase Northrop Grumman/Caltech Push Toward Space Solar Power
Posted on April 27, 2015 by David Brandt-Erichsen
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds a recent Northrop Grumman announcement that it is providing up to $17.5 million to an initiative with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for the development of Space Solar Power (SSP). Sergio Pellegrino from Caltech will present the project in detail at NSS’s annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC)® in Toronto on May 20-24 (nss.org/2015).
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Establishment of an operational space-based solar power system transmitting the sun’s energy to Earth is Milestone 8 in the NSS Space Settlement Roadmap (nss.org/RoadmapPart3). SSP could be a particularly attractive way to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people in developing countries that don’t have electricity due to a lack of both power generation and transmission infrastructure.
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The Northrop Grumman/Caltech initiative will focus on three areas: high-efficiency ultra-light photovoltaics, ultra-light deployable space structures, and phased-array power transmission. Up to 50 students, post-docs, and senior researchers will eventually join the team, who will use specialized laboratories constructed for the initiative.
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