From NEO to GEO --- an SPS scenario

Do the following:

1.) Transport workers and tools to a suitable NEO.
2.) Construct a solar power satellite (SPS) out of local materials at a
construction site located a few kilometers away from the NEO.
3.) Fly the completed SPS back to Earth geosynchronous orbit using
electrical propulsion (e.g., ion drive a la Deep Space 1, or MHD, or M2P2,
etc.).
4.) Start operation of the SPS in GEO, transmit power to Earth, make
money.

No complex mass driver/catcher systems is required.

Material transport between the NEO and construction site is trivial.

Constant sunlight is available at the construction site.

There is plenty of available electrical power with which to transport the
finished product back to GEO. There is no need for low-efficiency chemical
rocket engines.

Ron Menich