Technology & Innovation

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights growing commercial and policy momentum for space-based solar power, including new SBSP startups, wireless power advances, UK grid-integration research, solar array innovations, and use cases tied to global energy security.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights major milestones in wireless power transmission, new orbital energy partnerships, and continued progress toward scalable space-based solar power systems.

As human presence in orbit reaches 25 years, the International Space Station stands as proof that large-scale partnerships and complex operations can succeed in space. The next phase must move beyond demonstration toward a productive low Earth orbit economy focused on tangible products, services, and sustained commercial demand.

A recent Senate hearing framed lunar competition too narrowly as a race to reach the Moon, rather than a strategic contest to build lasting infrastructure and economic value there. The Space Frontier Foundation argues that true leadership will come not from arrival alone, but from creating the systems, partnerships, and long-term vision needed for sustained activity on the lunar surface.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights new industry partnerships, wireless power transmission advances, launch cost reductions, and growing commercial momentum in space-based solar power.

Public enthusiasm for space exploration is shaped not only by inspiration but also by powerful forces that dampen interest. This analysis outlines seven categories of “demotivators”—from competing societal priorities and ideological opposition to structural barriers and existential dread—that limit engagement with humanity’s expansion into space.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights major milestones in wireless power transmission, new orbital energy partnerships, and continued progress toward scalable space-based solar power systems.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights major industry awards, wireless power milestones, new funding announcements, and continued commercial momentum in space-based solar power.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights recent developments in space-based solar power, including emerging technologies, industry activity, and continued progress toward practical orbital energy solutions.

The Space Frontier Foundation welcomed the proposed cancellation of NASA’s Space Launch System after Artemis III, praising the shift toward commercial partnerships for lunar and Mars exploration. The organization argues that competitive, market-driven launch systems will create more sustainable and affordable pathways for human expansion beyond Earth.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights continued industry momentum, expanding applications, and growing interest in space-based solar power as new developments push the field closer to practical deployment.

As Congress debates whether the United States can lead in Low Earth Orbit, the Moon, and Mars simultaneously, the Space Frontier Foundation argues the question is framed incorrectly. Leadership in space will require mobilizing the full power of the American economy—using policy, finance, law, diplomacy, and procurement to enable a competitive private sector to build humanity’s next frontier.

People support space exploration for many different reasons. This framework identifies nine archetypes—from scientific explorers and economic innovators to environmental stewards and human settlement advocates—to better understand the diverse motivations driving support for humanity’s future beyond Earth.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights advances in wireless power transmission, increasing industry activity, and continued progress toward scalable space-based solar power systems.

Why do people support space exploration? A classic framework from Space Frontier Foundation co-founder Rick Tumlinson identifies three enduring philosophies—Von Braunians, Saganites, and O’Neillians—representing national prestige, scientific discovery, and human settlement as the core motivations shaping today’s space debate.

In a letter entered into the Congressional Record, the Space Frontier Foundation outlines a strategy for American leadership in space. The organization argues that the United States must lead simultaneously in launch, Low Earth Orbit development, lunar industry, and Mars exploration through a competitive, private-sector-driven space economy.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights early-year momentum, emerging technologies, and continued progress in space-based solar power and orbital energy systems.

Following a congressional hearing on the Artemis Program, the Space Frontier Foundation argued that NASA’s current approach cannot deliver reliable lunar access or compete effectively with China. The Foundation called for restructuring Artemis around commercial launch providers, emphasizing that a competitive free-enterprise model could enable sustainable missions to the Moon and accelerate progress toward Mars.

As part of World Space Week’s focus on climate and space, this article explores how space development and environmental conservation share common values, challenges, and opportunities. By recognizing their complementary strengths, both communities can collaborate to build a more sustainable future on Earth and beyond.

As part of the World Space Week series on climate and space, this article examines how space exploration has contributed to environmental science—from satellite monitoring of climate change to disaster response and technological innovations that support sustainability on Earth.