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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.

March Storm 2025 brings space advocates to Washington, D.C. to engage directly with lawmakers and advance policies that support commercial space development, orbital infrastructure, and the long-term expansion of humanity into space.

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 the philosophical tensions between space development and environmental conservation. From expansion versus preservation to technological optimism versus ecological restraint, the piece explores why these two communities often approach humanity’s future from sharply different perspectives.

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.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights key developments and early activity shaping the direction of space-based solar power efforts in 2025.

In this open letter, Space Frontier Foundation Executive Director Sean Mahoney reflects on the challenges facing the space advocacy community. He argues that advancing humanity’s future in space requires not only technical innovation but also strategic thinking, political awareness, and a stronger focus on solving real-world problems through space-driven solutions.

Despite rapid advances in launch capability and commercial space infrastructure, much of the world still views space as distant or irrelevant to everyday challenges. The Space Frontier Foundation argues that the next phase of space development depends on connecting space technologies to real-world problems across industries, expanding demand for space services while accelerating humanity’s path toward permanent settlement beyond Earth.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights key developments, early momentum, and continued progress in space-based solar power as the year begins.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights year-end developments, industry activity, and continued progress in space-based solar power and orbital energy systems.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights ongoing industry activity, technological advances, and continued progress in space-based solar power systems.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights growing momentum, technological progress, and continued development in space-based solar power.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights new partnerships, expanding industry interest, and continued progress in space-based solar power initiatives.

This edition of the SSP Bulletin highlights early developments, emerging industry interest, and foundational progress in space-based solar power.