The Foundation is involved in promoting the concept of Space-based Solar Power, or unlimited solar power beamed from space-based solar arrays to terrestrial grids. Since 2001 the Foundation has sponsored U.S. Senate Roundtables on Space Solar Power. Contact Taylor Dinerman for more information.

Further Reading and Supporting Documents:

• Sky’s No Limit: Space-based solar power, the next major step in the Indo-US strategic partnership?
• Space Solar Power: A Public Discussion Sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation
• Space Solar Power (SSP) — A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change, Paper submitted by the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) to the Obama-Biden Transition Project, December 2008.
• National Security Space Office Report, “Space-Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security,” October 10, 2007.
• Assessment Outreach and Future Research of Environmental and Safety Factors Related to Space Solar Power,” A Space Based Solar Power study by the Space Frontier Foundation, October, 2000.

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We thank Space Energy for providing sponsorship for this activity.