session 1

Title

Space-based Solar Power Architectures – New Governmental and Commercial Concepts and Ventures

Description

This session deals with all aspects of architectures and concepts for space-based solar power plants. It will be structured in two half-sessions, one focusing on governmental activities and one concentrating on the increasingly active commercial ventures in this domain. By doing so, it provides a unique joint platform to gather these two very different approaches and contribute to a cross-fertilisation between the two communities. Topically it will include all system-level, architectural, organizational and commercial aspects of solar power from space, including modelling and optimisation. While primarily focused on concepts delivering solar power for terrestrial needs, space-to-space architectures will also be covered.

Date

2011-10-03

Time

15:00

Room

TS-08

IPC members

• Chairman: Prof. Nobuyuki Kaya, Kobe University, Japan;

• Chairman: Mr. John C. Mankins, ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions, LLC, United States;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Leopold Summerer, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands;

• Rapporteur: Mr. Joe T. Howell, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Marshall Space Flight Center, United States;