A recent NASA report wasn't too encouraging about the use of space based solar power to help solve the planets energy problems, but we think there might be more to it than the report suggests so we speak to an expert on the subject John Mankins, who has been working on this since the 1990s.

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John Mankins: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mankins-a89a7130/ 

NASA’s Space-Based Solar Power Report: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/otps-sbsp-report-final-tagged-approved-1-8-24-tagged-v2.pdf?emrc=744da1

The Case For Space Solar Power book: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Space-Solar-Power/dp/099133700X 

Full show notes: https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp180-can-space-based-solar-power-save-the-planet-with-john-mankins

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Image Credits: NASA SPS-ALPHA concept by John C. Mankins

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