The Dyson Swarm Builders: How We'll Build a Star-Sized Power Grid Around the Sun

About the Author

Jacob Phillips is a space systems engineer and science writer whose work focuses on the industrialization of space and the engineering of large-scale energy infrastructure. He has spent his career working on satellite design, power systems, and orbital mechanics, with hands-on experience across spacecraft development programs that range from small demonstrators to large operational platforms. He writes because he believes the most important questions in engineering are the ones that take a century to answer.

His writing has appeared in popular science magazines, engineering journals, and technology newsletters, where he is known for translating orbital physics and systems architecture into language anyone can follow. He is a regular speaker at space conferences and universities, where he argues that space-based solar power is not a distant fantasy but the natural next step in a technology curve that began with the first rooftop panels. Phillips lives with his family on the edge of a desert city, where the Sun is difficult to ignore — which, he likes to say, is exactly the point.