Solar Power Satellites

by Don M. Flournoy

Communication satellites are a $144 billion industry. Is there any space-based industry that could possibly beat that market? 'Solar Power Satellites' shows why and how the space satellite industry will soon begin expanding its market from relaying signals to Earth to generating energy in space and delivering it to the ground as electricity. In all industrialized nations, energy demand is growing exponentially. In the developing world, the need for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461419999
• ISBN13: 9781461419990
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 107 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"