Explorations of non-rocket space transportation systems, from a small town in Maine. About the author and contact. For now, questions, comments, and suggestions can be left at the accompanying blog. I use the blog to describe recent additions, and plans for future studies. Alna is a tiny town along Midcoast Maine.

Keith Lofstrom is a mixed signal integrated circuit designer in Beaverton, Oregon. Globally-connected data centers in orbit, powered by space solar energy. A low cost earth-to-high orbit launch system. All my new stuff is on my wiki. On my modified Thinkpad T60. My IC design business, KLIC. A chip ID business, SiidTech. My mother, Catherine Lofstrom, passed away on December 29, 2004.

In a rotating geodesic array. 5 gram, 16 cm wide, 70 μm thick thinsat. Two of our future Most Valued Customers. Server Sky - internet and computation in orbit. It is easier to move terabits than kilograms or megawatts. Space solar power will solve the energy crisis. Is the most valuable resource on earth, and Server Sky space-based internet can transport that attention from where it is most abundant to where it is most valued.

Due to recent spam attacks, I have suspended old user accounts.