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Energy from space - the re-industrialization of America, satellite solar power and the infrastructure to support it.
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Summary
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
? R. Buckminster Fuller
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References
Biggs, B., page 4, Satellites and Hydrogen, Half Moon Bay Review, Thursday, Sept. 27, 1979
Leonard, R.S., 1988, A Different Race: Space as a Strategic Alternative, IAF Congress, Bangalore, India
Leonard, R.S., 1990, A Different Race: ASCE Jrn. of Aerospace Engineering, V o l. 3 , N o .3 , J u l y ,1 9 9 0
Leonard, R.S., 1991, Global Rural Electrification, SPS-91.59, SPS 91: Power from Space, 2nd International Symposium, Aug. 1991, Paris, France.
Leonard, R.S., 1992, Energy as Foreign Aid, Jrn. of Current World Leaders, Vol. 35, No. 4, pages 671-694
Leonard, R.S., 1996, Synthetic Fuels and a Sustainable Set of Civilizations, Solar Energy (Elisevier), Vol. 56, No. 1, page, 61-77.
Leonard, R.S., 2011, Oilfields in the Sky, presentation, NM ASCE Summer Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
Leonard, R.S., 2014, Oilfields in the Sky: A Different Race, paper 2061, Engineering for Extreme Environments, ASCE Earth and Space Conference, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 2014.
Leonard, R.S., Inclined Launch Facilities, NM ASCE, Las Cruces, NM
Leonard, R.S., 2017, A Tunnel to the Stars, in work.