Hardware characteristics and applications opportunities of large orbital mirrors, as determined to date by NASA's 'SOLARES' program are assessed. Assuming Space Shuttle availability, methods and timetables for the deployment of these thin film-covered structures are presented and comparisons are made between electricity-production values of terrestrial solar-energy systems to which SOLARES units deliver high-intensity insolation, on one hand, and on the other the various conventional generation systems. Electrolytic and photochemical production of gaseous and liquid fuels is also compared to synthetic hydrocarbon fuels derived from fossil sources, with considerable attention to project economics and overall process efficiencies.
SOLARES orbiting mirror system
Remember the future - The Apollo legacy
1980-01-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Neues solares Dachsystem fuer Klimaanlagen
Automotive engineering | 2003
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TIBKAT | 1986
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