Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
A preliminary assessment of a potential Satellite Power System (SPS) is provided. The assessment includes discussion of technical and economic feasibility; the effects of microwave power transmission beams on biological, ecological, and electromagnetic systems; the impact of SPS construction, deployment, and operations on the biosphere and on society; and the merits of SPS compared to other future energy alternatives.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA-TM-81142
,
DOE/ER-0041
Format:
application/pdf
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