The exploration of the Moon and Mars, whether by manned or unmanned spacecraft, will need portable power sources. Diverse manned and unmanned exploration will be done at greater distances from the initial landing sites and require greater amounts of power for spacesuits, portable tools, manned and unmanned rovers, as well as equipment used for construction and remote in-situ resource utilization. The energy-rich environment envisioned for these new missions will push the limits of state of the art battery technology because greater amounts of power for longer periods of operation are required while the mass and volume allotted for power sources will need to remain the same or be decreased.


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    Title :

    Small Portable PEM Fuel Cell Systems for NASA Exploration Missions


    Contributors:
    K. A. Burke (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    32 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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