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FILE NAMEDDI 2008 <CM> Your Name
SPS Supplement
SPS Supplement.......................................................................................................................................................................................1
SPS Supplement .....................................................................................................................................................1
Why SBSP?..............................................................................................................................................................................................3
Why SBSP? .............................................................................................................................................................3
SPS→Space Colonization........................................................................................................................................................................4
SPS→Space Colonization ......................................................................................................................................4
AT: Won’t Leave the Rock.......................................................................................................................................................................5
AT: Won’t Leave the Rock ....................................................................................................................................5
AT: Ground Based Solar..........................................................................................................................................................................6
AT: Ground Based Solar .......................................................................................................................................6
 NSSO Study is Legit................................................................................................................................................................................7
NSSO Study is Legit ..............................................................................................................................................7
Key to Heg...............................................................................................................................................................................................8
Key to Heg ..............................................................................................................................................................8
AT: DoD CP.............................................................................................................................................................................................9
AT: DoD CP ............................................................................................................................................................9
AT: Krypton...........................................................................................................................................................................................10
AT: Krypton ..........................................................................................................................................................10
AT: Space Militarization........................................................................................................................................................................11
AT: Space Militarization ......................................................................................................................................11
AT: Microwaves Bad.............................................................................................................................................................................12
AT: Microwaves Bad ............................................................................................................................................12
SBSP key to China Econ........................................................................................................................................................................13
SBSP key to China Econ ......................................................................................................................................13
Space Weapons key to Heg....................................................................................................................................................................15
Space Weapons key to Heg ..................................................................................................................................15
SPS inevitable........................................................................................................................................................................................16
SPS inevitable .......................................................................................................................................................16
SPS→NASA Backlash...........................................................................................................................................................................17
SPS→NASA Backlash .........................................................................................................................................17
SPS revitalizes NASA............................................................................................................................................................................18
SPS revitalizes NASA ..........................................................................................................................................18
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FILE NAMEDDI 2008 <CM> Your Name
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FILE NAMEDDI 2008 <CM> Your Name
Why SBSP?
SPS, SSP, and SBSP all mean the same thing
Ad Astra
, award-winning magazine of the National Space Society, featuring the latest news in space exploration, Spring
2008
,“Space-Based Solar Power”, http://www.nss.org/adastra/AdAstra-SBSP-2008.pdf , BB
Why SBSP versus SSP? One of the more amusing anecdotes of constructing the Phase 0 SBSP Architecture Study is theinfluence of modern information technology systems on our language. Many people familiar with the concept of spacesolar power (SSP), or solar power satellites (SPS) wondered where and why after 40 years of consistency, the Pentagonwould decide to rechristen it “space-based solar power,” or SBSP
. If one is trading many e-mails, typing space solar power gets tedious. So like any good military organization, abbreviations become the language of choice. But in the early stages
, oneof the core study members had a firewall that would kick-back or “disappear” any e-mail with “SSP” in it.
Apparentlysome monetary, provocative, or medical scam had used the acronym, and it was thus blocked by a spam filter. Despite pleadings to allow these official e-mails, the IT powers-that-be would not relent.
Therefore the recipient begged for a re-titleof “SSP” to “SBSP” so the e-mails could get through. So, a four-decade history of common nomenclature was replacedbecause of IT inflexibility, or alternately, because of some illicit spammer that had an alternate definition of SSP.
AsPaul Harvey would say, “Now you know the rest of the story.” ––The NSSO SBSP Study Group, a.k.a. The Caballeros3
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