Space Solar Power Web Bites 5/18

[Charles Radley]

Space Solar Power Web Bites 5/18  - From Martin Leitgab on Linkedin with his permission:

SSP Web Bites 5/18

 - The White House Space Solar Power petition accumulated 1445 signatures.

 - An overview report (175 pages) of WPT and SSP was released:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n3cv77/analyzing

 - For the first time in recorded history, the daily average of measured CO2 in Hawaii and San Diego reached 400ppm CO2 (5/10):
http://researchmatters.noaa.gov/news/Pages/CarbonDioxideatMaunaLoareaches400ppm.aspx

 - P. Jaffe, working at NRL on SSP sandwich prototyping, published an IEEE paper about his work:
 P. Jaffe, Energy Conversion and Transmission Modules for Space Solar Power
 Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 101, Issue 6, p. 1424, DOI 10.1109/JPROC.2013.2252591

 - on 4/8, Russian engineering students visited Texas A&M and obtained a lecture in WPT from Dr. Little:
http://serc.tamu.edu/tag/solar-power-beaming/

 - University of Southern California students performed a senior project designing a SSP station:
http://viterbivoices.usc.edu/emily/saving-the-world-space-solar-power/

 - Also during the spring semester, GAtech students fabricated a functioning end-to-end SSP table-top model, under Prof. Durgin- great work (contact D. Preble for more info and pictures/material).

 - The 2nd SSP international student and young professionals design competition is open. The submission deadline is 7/1/13.
http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/nrg/op/SPS/SGACSPScomp2013.htm

 - Article from 5/18 Indian Express: India-based international space society (ISS) will organize international conference on SSP on 10/24/13 in Chandigarh in coordination with NSS, inviting 6 major space agencies to reach consensus on coordination of SSP, with involvement of Dr. Kalam.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iss-to-join-hands-with-us-society-to-harness-solar-power-in-space/1117278/