The cost of the DOE/NASA study of the Satellite Power System has been just under $20 million. The report of the SPS Project Division to the Department of Energy is scheduled for October. It should be available to the public at the end of the year or the beginning of 1981. Despite the most careful investigation of the concept, no insurmountable problems have as yet been uncovered. There appear to be no “show stoppers.” Reports on the work of the Satellite Power System Project Office may be obtained from Frederick A. Koomanoff, Director, Satellite Power System Project Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington DC, 20545, or from his deputy, Michael Riches, at the same address. The telephone number is (301) 395-3281. The second study is the result of the Department of Energy asking the National Research Council to review the DOE/NASA Assessment Program to help insure that all significant questions are addressed. At the same time, the National Science Foundation asked NRC to study the feasibility of transmitting solar energy to earth by using satellites manufactured from lunar and asteroidal materials. These two interests have been combined into one study. NRC’s Environmental Studies Board appointed the following Committee on Satellite Power Systems: Dr. Dale R. Corson, Chairman President Emeritus Cornell University 615 Clark Hall Ithaca, New York 14853 607-256-4320 Dr. Norman M. Bradbum Director, National Opinion Research Center University of Chicago 6030 S. Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 312-753-1300 Dr. Marvin Chodorow Professor, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 415-497-0201 Mr. John J. Dougherty Director, Electrical Systems Div. Electric Power Research Institute 3412 Hillview Avenue P.O. Box 10412 Palo Alto, California 94303 415-855-2711 Dean William E. Gordon School of Natural Sciences Rice University P.O. Box 1892 Houston, Texas 77001- 713-527-4937 Dr. Bruce M. Hannon Associate Professor, Energy Research Group University of Illinois Observatory Urbana, Illinois 61801 217-333-0348 Dr. Klaus P. Heiss President, ECON Inc. 900 State Road Princeton, New Jersey 08540 609-924-8778 Dr. Charles J. Hitch Energy and Environment Div. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California Berkeley, California 94720 415-486-4110
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