Operation of transport system in space that has economic justification in supplying earth with rare and semirare metals and minerals that it needs; such system, in which transport is effected at very low cost, will be needed if space travel is to extend beyond occasional scientific expedition; types of ship that operate from satellite station, collect raw materials and return them to earth.
Interorbital transport techniques (with special reference to solar derived power)
Brit Interplanetary Soc -- J
British Interplanetary Society -- Journal ; 11 , n 4
1952
21 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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