MORE SPACE STUFF DDW 2008 IAN MILLER At yrvit cattola Cp GOVERNMENT ACTION KEY GOVERNMENT ACTION KEY (National Security Space Office, Report compiled by more than 170 academic, scientific, technical, legal, and business experts around the world, October 10, 2007, “Space Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security, Report to the Director, Interim Assessment”, hitp:/www.nss.org/settlementsspfibrary/final-sbsp-interim-assessment-release-O pdf) d ion of low: cost space nd a Si i us i i Solving these space access and operations challenges for SBSP will in turn also open space for a host of other activities that include space tourism, manufacturing, lunar Or asteroid resource utilization, and eventually settlement (o extend the human race. Because DoD would not want to own ‘SBSP satellites, but rather just purchase the delivered energy as it currently does via traditional terrestrial utilities, a repeated review finding is that the commereial sector will need Government to accomplish three major tasks to catalyze SBSP evelopment. The first is to retire a major portion of the early technical risks, This can be accomplished via an incremental research and development program that culminates with a space- borne proof-of. ion he next decade, A spiral development proposal to field a 10 MW continuous pilot plant en route to gigawatts-class systems is included in Appendix B. The second challenge isto facilitate the policy, regulatory, legal and organizational instruments that will be necessary to ereate th i onships (commercial-commercial, government commercial, and government-government) needed for this concept to succeed. The final Government contribution i to become a direct earlv adopter and to incentivize other early adopters much as is accomplished on a regular basis WSpee Solar Space Spare {A2: another ageney CP NASA's expertise determines solar power succes John Gartner, staff writer for Wired, 6-22-04, hitp://www.wired.comvscience/discoveries/news/2004/06/63913, NASA Spaces on Energy Solution Mankins said that because the technolo, 1es between governmental agencies, it does not have a true champion, NASA. it's not fish, nor fowl, nor red herring - i's not our mission,” M NASA does not explore terrestrial energy sources, and the Department of Energy does not research satellites, according to Mankins, "Ithas fallen neatly through the cracks, as it has for ‘dvcades,” Mankins said. He said that NASA's development of space solar power would likely determine whether or not satellites ever end encrey to Earth, "Given how critical NASA is to all the space and related technologies required, it's hard for me to see how it ‘could happen” without NASA, WA Quote goes herebow ate Ag hae Oy — Spare Has to be NASA "SSETRTTTC ANT TECHICAT EXPERIENCE TS CHTCAT TO MAING SPACE Jim Hodges, prior governor of S.C., 04.01.08, hitp:/www.nasa gov/centers/langley/newsiresearchernews/rn_martyhoffert.html, “Technological Optimist’ Sees Role for NASA in Alternative Energy Future ‘The solutions aren't political, Hoffert said, except for the need for enlightened politicians. Many of their solutions are superficial, ent sort of an economic approach like a trade policy or a carbon tax, hhow to pay for i” he said. "Most of the political leaders aren't very knowledgeable about sci engine thei background is legal, and they know something about economics.” ‘The last scientifically enlightened president of the United States was Jimmy Carter, Hoffert added. Carter was a nuclear engineer. ‘The answer also isn't industry. ‘The truth is that you can't expect venture capitalists or even progressive corporations... to make investments in the future beyar ‘which they. iy to their stockholders," Holfert sai, citing a requirement that most such investments have to pay off in three to five years. the answer is some sort of combination of the two, with government leading through an energy policy and scientific an technological investment "Thats what Lhope will happen by energizing the scientists and engineers of this country and of the world,” Hoffert said, Inuthat, NASA can take role in helping to “mine” space, he said, "Lbelieve is time for Americans to understand that we derive ‘benefits from space by exploiting the environment of space.” But, he added, "the most ing is that NASA has # pool of talented innovators, of scientists and engin. technology, thinkers about complex systems. ILS Quote goes here