Because of the beam forming capability of a millimeter-wave source at 83-GHz, a gyrotron-based system is being used to develop material processing technologies for possible space applications, e.g., the Moon and Mars. Preliminary studies of the interaction of a millimeter-wave beam and simulants of lunar regolith (i.e., 'moon dust') is presented. The configuration of the millimeter-wave processing system is given in Bruce et al. (2005) and Choi et al. (2004) and is not described in detail here. Additionally, an initial design study of a flyable millimeter-wave system is also described.


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    Title :

    Materials processing for space applications using a gyrotron-based millimeter-wave system


    Contributors:
    Bruce, R.W. (author) / Bruce, R.L. (author) / Foster, S. (author) / Lombardi, M.T. (author) / Fliflet, A.W. (author) / Kinkead, A.K. (author)


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    2056040 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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