Hi All
Here's a link to the SunSat Power Act which is an attempt to get private interest going in SPS...
http://www.sspi.gatech.edu/sunsat_act.html
...also at the Space Elevator Conference just recently concluded there was discussion of SPS as a good initial driver of demand for Space Elevator services...
http://www.isr.us/Spaceelevatorconference/FINAL_Conference_Presentations/Impacts/Kellum_presentation_final.ppt
...also check out the piece on elevator economics. If demand can drive costs down to the levels estimated by this presenter then REAL access to space will be open for all...
http://www.isr.us/Spaceelevatorconference/FINAL_Conference_Presentations/Cost/Westling_Economics%20of%20the%20Space%20Elevator.ppt
... he's talking ~ $3/kg for haullage to GEO. The whole of Earth-Moon space would then open up.
Adam
SunSat Act...