In August 2021, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced that it planned to launch a SBSP test array by 2023, and at the same time revealed that Donald Bren and his wife Brigitte, both Caltech trustees, had been since 2013 funding the institute's Space-based. In August 2021, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) announced that it planned to launch a SBSP test array by 2023, and at the same time revealed that Donald Bren and his wife Brigitte, both Caltech trustees, had been since 2013 funding the institute's Space-based. Space-based solar power (SBSP or SSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space with solar power satellites (SPS) and distributing it to Earth. Its advantages include a higher collection of energy due to the lack of reflection and absorption by the atmosphere, the possibility of very. This study evaluates the potential benefits, challenges, and options for NASA to engage with growing global interest in space-based solar power (SBSP). At a congressional staff briefing in Washington last fall hosted by the Space Frontier Foundation, experts warned that the United States risks falling behind China in this emerging technology. Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit (Figure 1). A constellation of these satellites dubbed “Galactic Brain” working together will scale the next generation of compute workloads in orbit.