Commentary by Mike Snead, President, Spacefaring Institute™
On December 12, 2016, this article was published in The Space Review. (A PDF of the article is here.) Author’s note: This article mostly recapped comments that I made in Continue Reading69 – Space Review article: A Trump Administration path to advance commercial space solar power
America faces two critical challenges this century. The first is responding to the uncertainty that the abnormally high and rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level will have detrimental environmental consequences Continue Reading68 – Understanding Why Wind and Ground Solar Energy Cannot Replace Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels now provide about 80 percent of the energy Americans use. While everyone understands that these are non-renewable energy sources, Americans act as if they were. The reality Continue Reading66 – Understanding America’s Energy Security Challenge
Through the Spacefaring Institute™, a series of five videos on the Spacefaring Institute YouTube® channel are being posted focusing on energy and environmental security explaining why the United States should undertake Continue Reading65 – Understanding the CO2 Issue
On April 4, 2016, this article was published in The Space Review. (A PDF version of the article is here.) The United States is transitioning from a primary reliance on Continue Reading60 – Space Review article: Federal Legislation to Jumpstart Space Solar Power
On March 14, 2016, the final part of my three-part series on world environmental and US energy security was published in The Space Review. (The PDF of the article Continue Reading58 – Space Review series (Part 3): US Terrestrial Non-Fossil Fuel Energy vs. Space Solar Power
On March 7, 2016, the second of my three-part series on world environmental and US energy security was published in The Space Review. (The PDF of the article is available Continue Reading57 – Space Review series (Part 2): US Fossil Fuel Energy Insecurity and Space Solar Power
American aerospace companies now recognize the potential $ trillion market in providing commercial spacefaring logistics services throughout the Earth-Moon system. This 7-minute video by ULA outlines some of their ideas. Continue Reading54 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) sees commercial future for space solar power