Comments on: JAXA testing space solar power system

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:40:53 +0000

There are telephone poles and street light poles in almost every city. It would be a simple thing to equip all of them with wind turbines. I’m talking about the smaller egg beater shaped type. Every building should have pvc’s and wind turbines also. Voila. 66% of all the power we need with no green house gasses. Need more power? No problem. People are unemplopyed all over the world. Pay them to run on treadmills and peddle bicycles conected to generators. This results in no unemployment, a healthier population and lower health care costs. tadaa. Problem solved.

By: richard schumacher

richard schumacher — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:44:40 +0000

Not necessarily PV; Solar thermal can be about 40% efficient. Yes, impacts will cause steady degradation, so it will require periodic maintenance and repair. Nothing’s perfect.

By: T.Pott

T.Pott — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:44:22 +0000

Sebastian:
Es Verdad!

By: WILL THE SPACE ELEVATOR RISE? (MSNBC) | Direct2News

WILL THE SPACE ELEVATOR RISE? (MSNBC) | Direct2News — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:40:00 +0000

[...] between those extremes, there’s a Japanese technological road map that calls for building a space elevator�and a space solar power system by 2030, and a NASA [...]

By: Des panneaux solaires sur orbite envoient de l’�nergie sur terre sous forme de rayons lasers. - Gizmodo - Tant d'amour pour ces fabuleux nouveaux gadgets, c'est surnaturel.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:24:49 +0000

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By: kb5tlq

kb5tlq — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:57:18 +0000

to those of you that feel that the toxic input-ouput of this effort would further damage the eco-system, I MIGHT point out that gasoline WAS once concidered a WASTE product of lamp oil production? have you looked at how (and of what) the dashboards of your own cars are MADE?

Yes, SAT based transmission would be inefficient as that PV’s are at present approx. 10% efficient in the conversion, But they would have about 200,000 billion acres in which they could play!

ground based systems could easily be maintained AND secured while being cross connected to minimize outages caused by maniacs with guns, bombs, etc.

AND, they could be used by the normal human being, AKA you and I.

think of this,

you have you TV and DVD set-up in you Yurt, Tee-Pee, or the basic cave. how can (with the advent of satellites) anyone be
controlled by their gov.’s or the ones who want to be
their masters (AL-QIADA and others) if they have access to power and info at their command?

Yes, this will be an Apollo level effort, but look at what was gained for all of mankind for the puny amount that was spent then, as compared to what is being spent per diem for 1 person to go 1000 km around the “civilized countries” by automobile today?

By: The Final Frontier | Greenzone Online

The Final Frontier | Greenzone Online — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:13:29 +0000

[...] Russia and JAXA are already experimenting on the feasibility of [...]

By: Rhinoxwind

Rhinoxwind — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:21:15 +0000

Forgot to raise a question if someone could answer me, i know this question is a bit stupid.

If it is days in the periodic meteror shower, Will the solar panel in the space get damage as I assume it has a pretty large surface area or it has some other laser beam ti shot the meteror down?

By: Rhinoxwind

Rhinoxwind — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:11:30 +0000

Although it sounds ridiculous but i think it is worth to try as Japan already has artificial island. Land probebly is not a problem in US or China. Some countries has little land but high energy consumption, it is a pretty good technology for them. Unless the big size countries give their land for free to make a better world.

By: thomasfortenberry.net » Blog Archive » Japan’s New Space Energy Program

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:34:52 +0000

[...] For more, read the JAXA SSPS pages for yourself, browse the July, 2008 Popular Science article “10 Audacious Ides to Save the Planet,” or check out this Pink Tentacle article, “JAXA testing space solar power system.” [...]

By: bacullen

bacullen — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:46:40 +0000

all the theoretical work was done in the 70’s. conversion efficiencies in the 65% range AFTER the PV cells. Looked marginal then probably still marginal for uS or EU but Japan may be another story.

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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:53:59 +0000

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By: onorbit.com/mercury

onorbit.com/mercury — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:05:53 +0000

JAXA testing space solar power system…

Though the US is still dealing with unofficial Space Solar Power (SSP) reports, Japans Space Agency is beginning testing of the components needed to create this clean power source…