Energy Space is topped up with radiant power and beyond earths air this power flow more steadily and more intensely from the sun than that which penetrates to the exterior of the Earth. So an abundant and absolutely vital source of power that would be utilized in space for the space colony would be solar radiation by developing satellite solar power stations. To live in space, humans must be protected from the fierce intensity and penetrating wavelengths of un-attenuated sunlight, but this same energy is one of ...