ZEUS: Beaming Solar Power to the Moon’s Darkest Craters

This video looks into a paper about using solar power satellites in lunar orbit to beam down power to lunar habitats. I look at this plan plus look into Space Solar, a space based solar power startup, to outline an approach to providing continuous beamed power for lunar activities.

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00:00 Intro
02:30 Beamed Solar Power for Lunar Assets
05:27 ZEUS Mission Plan and Space Solar Alternative for Lunar Power
06:11 Managing Electromagnetic Interference
07:27 Space Solar’s Alternative Approach
08:43 Orbit Recommendation for Space Solar Power Satellites
10:10 Power Density and Rectenna Size
10:49 Constellation Design
12:00 Upcoming Events
13:13 Outro

Sources:

Space power satellites at the moon could keep a lunar base warm: https://phys.org/news/2025-05-space-power-satellites-moon-lunar.html

ZEUS Constellation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500270X?dgcid=rss_sd_all