


His view: the longstanding vision for SSP as a sustainable energy alternative should be revisited in light of such recent advances.īolstering that outlook is a set of key perspectives, Mankins told. Over the past decade, researchers have made impressive advances that increase the likelihood that space solar power (SSP) will be realized during the next decade, said John Mankins, president of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions of Santa Maria, California. (Image credit: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)) Impressive advances SSPIDR consists of several small-scale flight experiments that will mature technology needed to build a prototype solar power distribution system.

The Space Solar Power Incremental and Demonstrations Research (SSPIDR) project is designed to beam power from space to Earth.
