Knowledge & the sun

The Helios Conspiracy is fiction, but orbiting solar power satellites are a very viable solution to our energy needs.

Here's a link for more information from the National Space Society, which is an organization dedicated to working "with U.S. and world leaders, and their citizens, to ensure adequate policies and funding for 

human spaceflight, exploration, and development." The organization has  a wealth of information on space exploration in general, and is a valuable resource on space exploration in general:

http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/library/index.htm