Intelligent Mobile Systems for Assembly, Maintenance and Operations for Space Solar Power
NASA has been commissioned to investigate the feasibility of an orbiting Space Solar Power system that is capable of generating power from space and transmitting the power to earth based rectennas.
Selection note: Curated for an early intelligent-mobile-systems concept linking robotic assembly, maintenance, operations, and reconfiguration to very large orbital solar-power infrastructure.
Evidence boundary: Only NTRS metadata and a short abstract are open here; feasibility, autonomy performance, economics, and the space-solar-power premise were not validated. It is historical precursor context, not claim evidence.
Stable record
ntrs-20210001153
Topic
power-thermal
Type
Other
Publisher
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Authors
Ganino, T.; Kennedy, B.; Hickey, G.
Year
1999
Editorial state
metadata curated editorial draft
Reviewer
GShips Project editorial synthesis
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2026-07-25
Source-supplied abstract
NASA has been commissioned to investigate the feasibility of an orbiting Space Solar Power system that is capable of generating power from space and transmitting the power to earth based rectennas.
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Only NTRS metadata and a short abstract are open here; feasibility, autonomy performance, economics, and the space-solar-power premise were not validated. It is historical precursor context, not claim evidence.
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