Caltech Space Solar Power Demo Launched to Orbit January 3rd
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#67K6E)
The Transporter-6 mission successfully launched at 6:55 a.m. PT on January 3 placed the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) prototype, the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD) in orbit. It will test several key components of an ambitious plan to harvest solar power in space and beam the energy back to Earth. Space solar power ...