Space solar waits on launch and more: NASA's 2024 study reaches competitive space solar only when launch falls to $500/kg together with better cells, cheaper servicers and longer life, so cheap launch alone does not unlock it.

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• groundsSpace-Based Solar Power, NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (Erica Rodgers, Ellen Gertsen, Jordan Sotudeh, Carie Mullins, Amanda Hernandez, Hanh Nguyen Le, Phil Smith, Nikolai Joseph)

  would make SBSP systems highly competitive with any assessed terrestrial renewable electricity

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