Spacefaring Institute

This four-minute read should change your understanding of how undertaking the development of space solar power will become America's human spacefaring imperative.

#1 - The implications of America's national energy security imperative to develop space solar power By Mike Snead, PE, president Recently, I have been writing and posting frequently on why America now has a national energy security imperative to develop and commercialize space solar power-supplied astroelectricity. These efforts are the result of now nearly twenty years of evaluating America's and

Mike Snead, Professional Engineer and president and founder of the Spacefaring Institute LLC, was invited by the European Space Agency to present at their 14 July 2023 workshop on space solar power. Mr. Snead prepared this highly visual, narrated video presentation for this workshop. In it, he quantitively explains why wind power and ground solar power are NOT practicable solutions for the world to "go clean" with renewable energy. He then explains how space solar power-generated astroelectricity can enable the abundant clean energy the world will need to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Mr. Snead concluded the presentation with a proposal to commercialize the cargo version of the Space Launch System to use it to build the initial low Earth orbit (LEO) astrologistics capabilities needed to "jump start" the upcoming "Spacefaring Age". Mr. Snead included visual examples of how the SLS could be used to build the initial LEO spacebases, spacedocks, and rotating space habitats, as well as the initial spaceships, to initiate astrologistics operations within the Earth-Moon system.

Sustainably powering the world with space solar power (narrated) Many people incorrectly believe that wind and ground solar power will enable the world to “go clean” while providing abundant, middle-class affordable energy...