Sky News host Alan Jones has spoken to Australia’s first astronaut Dr Paul Scully-Power about the concept and implications of space-based solar power and China’s push to lead in the issue.
“It’s a really fascinating subject,” Dr Scully-Power told Sky News host Alan Jones.
“I really got involved in it, space-based solar power, because I found out in my readings that the Chinese were very advanced,” Dr Scully-Power said.
Mr Jones asked Dr Scully-Power, “are the Chinese in the vanguard of this solar power from space”.
Dr Scully-Power said, “when you come to think about it … the big battle 10 years from now is who’s going to supply the energy needs of us here, down here on Earth”.
“And space-based solar power is just spectacular”.
Mr Jones spoke of the notion of what were to happen if China was to “win this race into solar space”.
Dr Scully-Power said it would “absolutely” mean China has the power to control the world’s cheapest energy supply.
