The international community is increasingly interested in returning humans to the Moon and this time establishing a permanent lunar base. There are several system level constraints that will drive the location for the base, chief among which are the need for continuous power and communications with the Earth. The NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) performed a study of placing an operational space based solar power station in lunar orbit to beam energy to the lunar base, or village, eliminating the need for the base to be located at the south pole or for it to be equipped with a fission power source.


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    Title :

    Orbital Space Solar Power Option for a Lunar Village


    Contributors:
    Johnson, L. (author)

    Conference:

    IAA Symposium on the Future of Space Exploration: Towards Ten Moon Village and Beyond ; 2017 ; Turin, Italy


    Publication date :

    2017-06-27


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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