Space power requirements for Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) are reviewed, including the results of a NASA 90-day study and reports by the National Research Council, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), NASA, the Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, and the Synthesis Group. The space power requirements for the SEI robotic missions, lunar spacecraft, Mars spacecraft, and human missions are summarized. Planning for exploration technology is addressed, including photovoltaic, chemical and thermal energy conversion; high-capacity power; power and thermal management for the surface, Earth-orbiting platform and spacecraft; laser power beaming; and mobile surface systems.
Enabling the Space Exploration Initiative: NASA's Exploration Technology Program in Space Power
1991
27 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Extraterrestrial Exploration , Energy , Laser power beaming , Nuclear electric propulsion , Photovoltaic cells , Space exploration , Space power reactors , Spacecraft power supplies , Energy conversion , Space programs , Lunar spacecraft , Manned mars missions , Mars probes , Mission planning , Robotics , Temperature control , Thermal energy
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