Welsom Space Consortium: Solar Space Power From Megawatts to Gigawatts
New lightweight material for collecting solar power and deploying the solar collectors could radically increase the solar power that could be delivered in one rocket launch. The Welsom Space Consortium has several interesting presentations and plans for scaling up space based solar power. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) booms are already 20 meters long and …