Applications
- 16.5.1 In-Space Solar Power Plants — Gigawatt-scale photovoltaic arrays in GEO or high-Earth orbit that convert sunlight continuously and beam microwave or laser power to ground rectenna sites.
- 16.5.2 Orbital Industrial Parks — Permanently crewed or teleoperated orbital platforms hosting multiple national industrial tenants for microgravity manufacturing, materials research, and high-vacuum processing.
- 16.5.3 Space-Based Asteroid Processing — Capturing, redirecting and processing near-Earth asteroids in orbit to extract metals, water-ice and rare minerals for use in space construction and as terrestrial strategic reserves.
- 16.5.4 Lunar Industrial Bases — Establishing nation-operated permanent surface infrastructure on the Moon to extract resources, manufacture propellant, and anchor sovereign industrial presence beyond Earth.
- 16.5.5 Space Logistics Macro-Networks — Sovereign orbital infrastructure for propellant depots, cargo relay nodes and autonomous transfer vehicles linking low Earth orbit to cislunar and deep-space destinations.