Astronautics

Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions

by Committee on Advanced Space Based High Power Technologies, Energy Engineering Board, National Research Council

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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.

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Publisher National Academies Press
Publication Date February 1989
Orginal LanguageEnglish
ISBN/Identifier 9780309039994
Publication Country or regionUnited States
FormatPaperback
Primary Price 23.50 USD
Pages156
ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
Publish StatusPublished
Dimensions9 x 6 inches