Beamed energy concepts offer an alternative for an advanced propulsion system. The use of a remote power source reduces the weight of the propulsion system in flight and this, combined with the high performance, provides significant payload gains. Within the context of this study's baseline scenario, two beamed energy propulsion concepts are potentially attractive: solar thermal propulsion and laser thermal propulsion. The conceived beamed energy propulsion devices generally provide low thrust (tens of pounds to hundreds of pounds); therefore, they are typically suggested for cargo transportation. For the baseline scenario, these propulsion system can provide propulsion between the following nodes: (1) low Earth orbit to geosynchronous Earth orbit; (2) low Earth orbit to low lunar orbit; (3) low lunar orbit to low Mars orbit--only solar thermal; and (4) lunar surface to low lunar orbit--only laser thermal.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Beamed energy propulsion


    Beteiligte:


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1992-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Beamed Energy Propulsion

    Eckel, H.-A. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2011


    Beamed Energy Propulsion

    J. M. Shoji | NTIS | 1992


    Beamed-Energy Propulsion (BEP) Study

    Patrick George / Raymond Beach | NTRS | 2012


    Beamed-Energy Propulsion (BEP) Study

    P. George / R. Beach | NTIS | 2012