Lunar Solar Power Resources
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A note from Dr. Kramer about Lunar Solar Power and Dr. David Criswell who spoke on campus in the spring of 2005 Soon we must provide levels of energy equal to the developed world's standard to an entire world population of 6 - 10 billion people. The earth cannot sustain that level of energy production for long without depleting our oil, using filthy coal and nuclear power, increasing pollution and global warming to untenable levels and otherwise raping the environment. Renewable sources of energy on the earth will not be able to meet this huge and increasing demand. For nearly three decades, Dr. Criswell has been demonstrating that the best available source of the needed energy will be the solar energy which strikes the moon. He makes a compelling case that by 2050 we must have begun capturing significant amounts of this Lunar Solar Power in order to meet the demands of an increasingly prosperous and demanding world citizenry. I have placed links to a biography and several academic papers by Dr. Criswell and other information on Lunar Solar Power this page. |
 Dr. David R. Criswell The Distinguished Speakers Program Presents Lunar Solar Power and Nurtured Earth 11 am, Thursday, February 17, 2005, Roosevelt Hall Little Theater David R. Criswell directs the Institute for Space Systems Operations at the University of Houston and is an associate director of the Texas Space Grant Consortium. Dr. Criswell’s work centers on the use of the Moon as a solar power station to supply electric power to Earth. He also conducts research on advanced propulsion, aerospace vehicles, and the physical basis of economic growth. For more information, contact Dr. Charles Fishman x2687. |
| LUNAR SOLAR POWER SYSTEM FOR ENERGY PROSPERITY WITHIN THE 21ST CENTURY by David R. Criswell. (A comprehensive article with several diagrams.) World Energy Council web site. www.worldenergy.org |
| Lunar solar power system: industrial research, development, and demonstration by David R. Criswell. ABSTRACT 18th World Energy Conference on the World Energy Council web site. www.worldenergy.org
The full text of this 17 page paper is available at this link as a pdf file. Download the full paper. |
Three papers by David R. Criswell from The Indurtrial Physicist. www.aip.org/tip
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Full text of the following six papers by David Criswell, published in Elsivier Corporation Journals, is available to Farmingdale staff and students through the Greenley Library. It is also available to all SUNY Students and faculty through their own libraries and to other subscrivers of Science Direct.
1. Characteristics of commercial power systems to support a prosperous-global economy • ARTICLE 2. Lunar solar power system: review of the technology base of an operational LSP system • ARTICLE 3. Summary of characteristics of beamed power radiation patterns and side lobe levels for the lunar solar power system • ARTICLE 4. International lunar base and lunar-based power system to supply Earth with electric power • ARTICLE 5. Robotics and the space station • EDITORIAL 6. Human roles in future space operations • ARTICLE The following article is available in the Info-Trac database at the same site |
| Testimony of Dr. David R. Criswell at Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space Hearings: "Lunar Exploration" Thursday, November 6, 2003, 2:30 PM – SR-253 |
| Resume for David R. Criswell |
| Biography of David R. Criswell |
| The World Energy Council Global Energy Information Service. World Energy Council web site - www.worldenergy.org |
| Lunar Solaf Power System Power Point Presentation by David R. Criswell |
| physics central physics in the news - moon power Houston, TX (April 15, 2002) - If a physicist in Houston has his way you'll be able to say good-bye to pollution-causing energy production from fossil fuels. In the April/May issue of The Industrial Physicist, Dr. David Criswell suggests that the Earth could be getting all of the electricity it needs using solar cells - on the moon.... |
| Conference: The United States Has Unfinished Business on the Moon, By Leonard David |
| “Power Play” For the Moon Predicted, By Leonard David Space.com website. www.space.com. HOUSTON -- In the not too distant future when the Sun goes down, humanity may look to the Moon to light up the night in more ways than one.... |