The Air Force Research Lab has announced a $100 million contract with Northrop Grumman to develop the technology to harvest solar power in space and transmit it to earth.   

Why is this important? Space Solar Power is an energy source the Chinese intend to own by 2035. And he who owns Space Solar Power will own the earth. Space Solar Power will be the dominant energy source of the mid 21st century. It will be a two trillion dollar energy source.   

For a reason. Space Solar Power is carbon-free. It can eliminate the use of fossil fuels for electricity generation on this planet. In the process, Space Solar Power can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45%. And, according to India’s eleventh president, Dr. APJ Kalam, Space Solar Power can lift two billion people out of poverty. In other words, Space Solar Power is the real Green New Deal.  

To repeat, China has stated that it intends to own the Space Solar Power industry by 2035. China has been investing in Space Solar Power for at least ten years and has already built its first factory dedicated exclusively to Space Solar Power components. Even with the Northrop Grumman deal, America is ten years behind. If China becomes the world’s provider of unlimited, clean power, China will become the new hegemon, the world’s new dominant superpower. America’s influence on matters like human rights and democracy will be zeroed out.   

And America will become what Britain became in the 1950s, a has-been on the international stage. So the Air Force Research Lab’s $100 million dollar deal with Northrop Grumman for Space Solar Power means much more than it seems.