Solar Power Satellites

With the twenty-first century approaching, the entire world faces the crucial dilemma of constant need for clean energy in order to prevent an economic and environmental disaster from happening. Not only is the earth's fuel supply dropping rapidly, hut it is also unfortunate that some of these fossil fuels such as petroleum are polluting the earth's atmosphere. A solar power satellite will collect energy while orbiting around the earth, with a large panel containing millions of solar cells and then transport clean energy back to receptors on earth. It may seem as though a solar power satellite might fulfill the idea that Energy-rich societies flourish; energy-poor societies flounder. There are also many constraints which have prevented the National Aeronautics Space Administration(NASA) from constructing a solar power satellite. Some of these are cost, construction, and launching methods. Overall the idea of a solar power satellite is a possible solution to the need of clean, abundant energy.