ESA SBSP illustration
ESA’s Solaris project would fund preparatory studies of space-based solar power (SBSP) to support a decision in 2025 on whether to proceed on a full-fledged SBSP development effort.

The European Space Agency will seek funding this fall for a feasibility study of space-based solar power, the latest sign of support for a concept that still faces significant technical and financial challenges.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...