Join
Renew Donate

Mike Snead’s Presentation on Future Energy Needs and Availability

Here is Mike Snead’s Presentation from the Space Solar Power Track at the ISDC.  It is a great analysis of future energy needs and availability.

Energy, SSP, and Jumpstarting America’s Spacefaring Future (52 charts; PDF) This is the presentation given at the National Space Society International Space Development Conference 2009 in Orlando, FL. Speaker notes are included. (Copyright (c) 2009 Spacefaring Institute LLC. See title page notes for permitted uses.)

For more information about Mike Snead’s ideas see Spacefaring Institute LLC.

Share:

Facebook
X
Pinterest
LinkedIn
Picture of admin

admin

Contributors to the NSS Blog are unpaid volunteers. Unless specifically labeled an NSS position or press release, all blog posts represent the views of the author and not of NSS, even if written by an NSS officer.

Leave a Comment

Search
Categories
future 1

Don't Miss a Beat!

Be the first to know when new articles are posted!

Follow Us On Social Media

Facebook X-twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin

JOIN THE
GREATEST ADVENTURE

Give The Gift Of Space: Membership For Friends and Family
Give The Gift Now

Book Review

Archives

ISDC 2026:
sPACE FOR US ALL

Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, McLean, Virginia
June 4 - 7, 2026
Click Here

Recent Blog Posts

Read More

Image above: The ISS in September 2000, courtesy NASA By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of Membership On November 2, 2025, we will celebrate a remarkable

25 Years of Humans Off-Earth

ISS Sept 2000
Read More

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 30, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST The Giant Leap: Why

Space Forum October 30: Why Space is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life

NSS Space Forum Blog Header
Read More

By Robin Scott NSS Board of Directors member Ronnie Lajoie (left) presents NSS Middle Tennessee Space Society (MTTS) President Chuck Schlemm with a well-deserved 2025

Middle Tennessee Chapter Awarded for Outreach Activities

Chuck Schlemm receives NSS award
Read More

Submitted by Lynne F. Zielinski, NSS VP of Education Emerita, and Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education Image: ispace HAKUTO-R M1 lander photography, April 20,

ispace-U.S. to Launch NSS Student Art into Space

ispace to the moon
Read More

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space Author: Bill Nelson Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 317 Publisher: University of Florida

Book Review: Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space

Mission
Read More

Category: Nonfiction (?) Reviewed by: Dale Skran From Ad Astra Winter 2023 Title: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race Author: Mary-Jane Rubenstein

Book Review: Astrotopia

astrotopia
Read More

By Bryce Meyer, Track ChairProgram arranged by NSS Space Settlement Advocacy CommitteeHeld Friday, June 20, 2025, Rosen Center, Orlando, FloridaPhotos by Bryce Meyer 10:00 AM

Report on the Space Settlement Track at ISDC 2025

space settlement track 01
Read More

Image: Artist’s impression of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP). Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Princeton University/Steve Gribben. By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of Membership Surrounding

NASA’s IMAP Launched Today to Advance Research in Space Weather

IMAP spacecraft
NSS Logo RGB

Empowering the Spacefaring Future: Connect and Advocate

JOIN
RENEW
DONATE NOW

Keep in Touch

Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Linkedin

Your Doorway to New Worlds

Or Join Now