Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/1320

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Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions

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"Star Wars"—as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is dubbed—will require reliable sources of immense amounts of energy to power such advanced weapons as lasers and particle beams. Are such power sources available? This study says no, not yet—and points the way toward the kind of energy research and development that is needed to power SDI.

Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions presents a comprehensive and objective view of SDI's unprecedented power requirements and the opportunities we have to meet them in a cost-effective manner.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Energy Engineering Board; Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems; Committee on Advanced Space Based High Power Technologies

Topics

Space and Aeronautics — Space Systems and Hardware

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National Research Council. 1989. Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1320.

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Publication Info

156 pages | 6 x 9 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-03999-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/1320

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-5
1. Introduction	6-8
2. Space Power Requirements and Selection Criteria	9-23
3. Space Power Systems Options and Selection Constraints	24-51
4. Needed Technological Advances in Space Power Subsystems to Meet SDI Requirements	52-67
5. Approaches Toward Achieving Advances in Critical Power Technologies	68-85
6. Commentaries on the SDI Power Program	86-100
References	101-103
Appendix A: Glossary of Abbreviations	104-105
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches	106-114
Appendix C: Study Chronology	115-120
Appendix D: Possible Impacts of Effluents from SDI Systems	121-128
Appendix E: Compilation of Study Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations	129-134
Index	135-140

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