Power systems for space exploration

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6683538

Shipbaugh, C; Solomon, K A

The Outreach Program was designed to solicit creative ideas from academia, research institutions, private enterprises, and the general public and is intended to be helpful in defining promising technical areas and program paths for more detailed study. To the Outreach Program, a number of power system concepts were proposed. In conclusion, there are a number of advanced concepts for space power and propulsion sources that deserve study if we want to expand our ability to not only explore space, but to utilize it. Advanced nuclear concepts and power beaming concepts are two areas worthy of detailed assessments.

• Research Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6683538
• Report Number(s): RAND-P-7768
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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