On 14 July 2023, I made an invited presentation to a workshop on space solar power organized by the European Space Agency. I prepared my presentation as a narrated video. It was shown as the first presentation following the opening guest speaker’s remarks.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) organizes workshops to keep its personnel updated on relevant developments. While this workshop was being organized, ESA was already undertaking contracts for conceptual ideas about utilizing space(-based) solar power. I was very pleased to be invited to participate.
Rather than making a video presentation remotely from America, we agreed that I could provide a recorded video. This approach enabled me to precisely tailor the presentation to cover all needed information within the allotted time. This video is now posted on the Spacefaring Institute LLC YouTube channel.
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For further information on my analysis of America’s, the European Union’s, and the world’s energy needs and how to undertake an orderly transition to clean energy, see these previous posts:
- 126 – Evaluating America’s green energy options including astroelectricity
- 124 – America’s moral obligation to develop astroelectricity
- 121 – An assessment of EU decarbonization options including astroelectricity
- 120 – The coming age of astroelectricity
ESA has now published a video of the entire workshop, including my presentation.
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James Michael (Mike) Snead is an aerospace Professional Engineer in the United States, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a past chair of the AIAA’s Space Logistics Technical Committee. He is the founder and president of the Spacefaring Institute LLC (spacefaringinstitute.net) which is focused on space solar power-generated astroelectricity and the astrologistics infrastructure necessary to enable the spacefaring industrial revolution that will build space solar power energy systems. Mike Snead has been involved in space development since the mid-1980s when he supported the U.S. Air Force Transatmospheric Vehicle (TAV) studies, the National Aerospace Plane program, and the Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) project. In 2007, after retiring from civilian employment with the Air Force, he began to study the need for (and politics associated with) undertaking space solar power. Beginning in the late 1980s, he has published numerous papers and articles on various aspects of manned spaceflight, astrologistics, and energy. His technical papers are located at https://www.mikesnead.com and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mike-Snead/research. His blog is at: https://spacefaringamerica.com. His eBook, Astroelectricity, can be downloaded for free here. He can be contacted through LinkedIn or through email sent to spacefaringinstitute@gmail.com.