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IEEE Potentials, 1996
Solar power must become the primary source of commercial power for everyone in the world to achieve the same high standard of living. A power system is needed that is independent of Earth's biosphere and provides abundant energy at low cost. To do this mankind must collect dependable solar power in space and reliably send it to receivers on Earth.
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Solar power must become the primary source of commercial power for everyone in the world to achieve the same high standard of living. A power system is needed that is independent of Earth's biosphere and provides abundant energy at low cost. To do this mankind must collect dependable solar power in space and reliably send it to receivers on Earth.
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Solar Power System for Lunar ISRU Applications
48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2010This paper discusses the development of a solar power system for lunar ISRU applications. In this solar thermal system, solar radiation is collected by the concentrator array which transfers the concentrated solar radiation to the optical waveguide (OW) transmission line made of low loss optical fibers.
Takashi Nakamura, Benjamin Smith
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Vacuum insulation for a lunar-based power system
IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 1995Current plans for the development of an established manned base on the surface of the Moon will require power levels from 100 kW up to 1 MW. Voltage levels for transmission will likely approach 10 kV, with distances between sources and loads of up to 5 km. Vacuum insulation is being considered due to its simple and low mass design.
L.B. Gordon, K.L. Gaustad
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Lunar solar-power system: Commerical power
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1995The proposed Lunar Solar‐Power (LSP) System collects solar power on the moon. The power is converted to beams of microwaves and transmitted to fields of microwave receivers (rectennas) on Earth that provide electric power to local and regional power grids.
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Power systems options for the first lunar outpost
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1993A number of different Power system architecture options that include all nuclear, all non‐nuclear, and a combination of the two, were defined to satisfy power requirements for the first lunar outpost (FLO). The Life Cycle Costs (LCCs), including development, production, and transportation costs, of these architectures were determined and the ...
Satinder P. S. Gill +2 more
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Nuclear power systems for the First Lunar Outpost
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1993A recent study effort at NASA has developed a preliminary reference mission description for a human return to the Moon by the end of this decade. The First Lunar Outpost (FLO) would provide the framework for establishing a permanent human presence on the Moon and a necessary step toward eventual piloted trips to Mars.
Lee S. Mason, Robert L. Cataldo
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2004
Solar power must become the primary source of commercial power for everyone in the world to achieve the same high standard of living. A power system is needed that is independent of Earth's biosphere and provides abundant energy at low cost. To do this mankind must collect dependable solar power in space and reliably send it to receivers on Earth.
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Solar power must become the primary source of commercial power for everyone in the world to achieve the same high standard of living. A power system is needed that is independent of Earth's biosphere and provides abundant energy at low cost. To do this mankind must collect dependable solar power in space and reliably send it to receivers on Earth.
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Technologies for Lunar Surface Power Systems Power Beaming and Transfer
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2008Wireless power transmission within a given working area is required or enabling for many NASA Exploration Systems. Fields of application include robotics, habitats, autonomous rendezvous and docking, life support, EVA, and many others. In robotics applications, for example, the robots must move in the working area without being hampered by power cables
Neville Marzwell +4 more
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Promoting the coalition for a lunar power system
Space Policy, 1991Abstract Powering human civilization in the 21st century with clean energy from the Moon became the focus of a unique conference conducted at the Sea Lodge in LaJolla, California, 9–11 July 1990. Organized by Netrologic Inc of San Diego, the lunar-based Solar Power Planning Workshop attracted an elite group of 25 distinguished scientists, engineers ...
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