SUMMARY: University of Mississippi School of Law professor Michelle Hanlon has been appointed to the International Academy of Astronautics Permanent Committee on Space Solar Power. The focus is to advise on using sunlight-powered energy from outer space to markets on Earth. Hanlon emphasizes that space-based solar power can be a clean and cost-effective energy source, but it requires international collaboration and careful consideration of issues such as space debris. The committee is advocating that national leaders make space-based solar power a priority, and Hanlon hopes to see a UN resolution guaranteeing access to solar power through space. Beaming space-based solar power energy back to Earth is largely untried, but China and the California Institute of Technology have made steps in this direction.

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