Add to ORKGThe 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
Exploration of the Moon is the most crucial and decisive step for human expansion into the vast reac...
A long-term base on the Moon will require solutions to many problems endemic to the lunar environmen...
[Abstract] As NASA’s Space Exploration policy takes shape, one of the key issues that will affect al...
One of the most significant challenges to the implementation of a continuously manned lunar base is ...
Current and projected technology is assessed for photovoltaic power for a lunar base. The following ...
The capacity of global power systems must be increased by a factor of ten to provide the predicted p...
A theoretical investigation of possibilities for an electric power station, appropriate for installa...
Advanced photovoltaic/electrochemical (batteries or regenerative fuel cells for storage) power syste...
A survey was made of factors that may affect the design of photovoltaic arrays for a lunar base. The...
A lunar program is one of the goals of the 21st century. Over the past decades many plans were devel...
The development of an advanced photovoltaic power system that would have application for a manned lu...
Providing power over the 354 hour lunar night provides a considerable challenge to solar power conce...
Currently, both governments and private corporations are developing lunar exploration projects for s...
A microwave beam power system using lunar orbiting solar powered satellite(s) and surface rectenna(s...
The work presented here shows that a solar power system can provide power on the order of one megawa...
Exploration of the Moon is the most crucial and decisive step for human expansion into the vast reac...
A long-term base on the Moon will require solutions to many problems endemic to the lunar environmen...
[Abstract] As NASA’s Space Exploration policy takes shape, one of the key issues that will affect al...
One of the most significant challenges to the implementation of a continuously manned lunar base is ...
Current and projected technology is assessed for photovoltaic power for a lunar base. The following ...
The capacity of global power systems must be increased by a factor of ten to provide the predicted p...
A theoretical investigation of possibilities for an electric power station, appropriate for installa...
Advanced photovoltaic/electrochemical (batteries or regenerative fuel cells for storage) power syste...
A survey was made of factors that may affect the design of photovoltaic arrays for a lunar base. The...
A lunar program is one of the goals of the 21st century. Over the past decades many plans were devel...
The development of an advanced photovoltaic power system that would have application for a manned lu...
Providing power over the 354 hour lunar night provides a considerable challenge to solar power conce...
Currently, both governments and private corporations are developing lunar exploration projects for s...
A microwave beam power system using lunar orbiting solar powered satellite(s) and surface rectenna(s...
The work presented here shows that a solar power system can provide power on the order of one megawa...
Exploration of the Moon is the most crucial and decisive step for human expansion into the vast reac...
A long-term base on the Moon will require solutions to many problems endemic to the lunar environmen...
[Abstract] As NASA’s Space Exploration policy takes shape, one of the key issues that will affect al...