Microwave policy issues for solar space power

This article reviews the three major policy issues likely to arise from an SSP system: environmental safety, frequency allocation and prevention of in terference with other frequency-using activities. Supporters of SSP must ma ke sure that their case is heard clearly at the ITU, but they must also do more to promote public awareness of the technology's potential benefits in order to counter inappropriate use of the Precautionary Principle by anti-t echnology groups. The strengthening of standard-setting groups world-wide w ill also assist this process. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights res erved.