Tuesday, April 15, 1980
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Panel discusses solar satellites
By DON MUNDAY Staff Reporter
Solar energy is often cited as an obvious answer to the world's energy problems, and it has been an important feature of KU'S Space Technology Center examined a proposal for collecting solar power in ironic tanks.
Rep. Larry Winn JR.,-Kan, a member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, led the discussion in which such a solar power satellite (SPS) system
Winn has co-sponsored a bill that would provide $25 million for additional SPS research. The bill passed the House and is now in the Senate.
Speculating on the benefit of such a facility will require the U.S. Department of Energy's SPS Project office and Karl Hansen, program manager for the solar power satellite program of NASA.
JOE FORMAN, a member of the Naval Research Laboratory and an independent consultant on solar energy, argued against the development of an activated an earth-based cell solar system.
The Boeing plan calls for rectangular panels, which would be 30 kilometers wide. They would consist of metal frameworks covered with an array of photovoltaic cells, which convert sunlight into electricity.
The energy would then be beamed to earth in the form of microwaves, which would be
collected by ground antennae 10 kilometers by 13 kilometers wide.
"You can talk that same solar cell." Forman said, "put it on top of your house and end up selling electricity to the power company."
The satellites would be constructed in earth orbit, Nansen said, which would require an entirely new transportation capability that would be but with a much greater payload capacity.
HE SAID a proposed Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle would be able to carry a payload four times heavier than that carried by the Saturn V moon rocket.
Forman, however, criticized the proposed new vehicle as well as its cost.
"The present plan, by one estimate, calls for $98 billion to be spent over a period of 18 years, beginning four or five years from now," Forman said.
"My calculations indicate that for a spacecraft to travel to the money, we could have a terrestrial photovoltaic system in operation before they could even begin build the first space station."
Nansen acknowledged the enormous cost of the SPS concept, but said that once the technology was developed, tenure would be required. For more than 100 years, they would use no fuel, unlike current energy-producing plants that rely on burning fuel with coal, oil or nuclear materials.
THE MOST holy contested subject of the
Nature Study Group is that would transmit the energy to earth. Possible hazards from such concentrations of microwaves were mentioned
Forman, however, questioned Boeing's findings.
"The microwave beam is certainly the most controversial aspect of this plan," Nansen said. "The question invariably asks, 'Is it safe? Well,' we certainly belie it."
"Some pretty scary things could happen," Forman said. "After all, you can influence brain waves by pulsing microwaves in the way: I think we should clear up this microwave confusion before we spend time on the solar power satellite thing."
CRITICS HAVE also attacked the proposed use of many square miles of prime farmland for the construction of the huge ground receiving antennae. One solution, Narsen said, would be to put the antennae in buildings to house the interiors to grow food.
"Enough food could be recovered in the area for an antenna to feed nearly a million people." Nansen said.
Forman said he was not opposed to space exploration, but disliked spending money in space that could be used on earth.
"I don't know if SFSi is going to be another Three Mile Island, but it just might be a turkey." Forman said.
Winn priming campaign for election fight
Although Rep. Larry Winn, R-Kan., is concerned with the long-range-ranges of solar energy it will soon have to face the challenge of adapting his Third District Concernational seat.
Winn said yesterday that he was ready for a fight, but declined to comment on his possible Democratic challengers, Jack Berger Merriam, and Dan Watkins of Lawrence.
Weyfour, 40, vice president of an Overland Park advertising agency and president of the Shawnee Mission school announced his decision to run in March.
Watkins resigned as Gov. John Carlin's chief aide in January to challenge Winnif, who has not had a serious contest in more than two years. Two years ago he ran unopposed.
"We are prepared to do whatever is necessary," Winn said. "That might include spending more on billboards, radio and television."
WINN ALSO said his campaign would
include better organization and increased fund raising from past years. Winn said he had two fundraisers during the current Congressional Easter recess, April 4-14, when she planned to win Gov. Jim Arnold Committee at the National Armory in Kansas City, Kan.
"An incumbent definitely has an advantage," Winn said. "It will be a lot different with two possible opponents."
Winn, 60, a KU graduate, was first elected in 1960. His toughest challenge came in 1970 when Kansas City Democrat, James Hines, within 10,000 votes of defeat him.
separate campaign appearances from his regular personal appearances, but that his actual campaign will come sometime later. He did not say when that would be.
WNN DID say that his appearance at the Solar Power satellite Seminar was definitely not a campaign appearance and that he was presenting years of that type to the University for years.
Winn is the ranking minority member on the Space Science and Application subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee for the £3 million research bill for the SPS.
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But along with dealing with the dreams of solar satellites, Winn must also deal with the realities of politics.
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"Sure we would have liked to have seen it pass," Templeton said. "But we got it farther than it ever been in Kansas."
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