*Refractory material for solar ovens and smelters
*[[Solar Power Satellites]] construction
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We are just completing a moderate-sized solar power system of 100 kilowatts on high ground. We need to use the power for an industria
The solar power station has a power conditioner that puts out 1000 volts of three-pha
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...o transmit the large image files to Earth. The main payload is the camera system. It consists of two cameras: one with a wide-angle lens (80 mm) and the ot
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...agency will soon set out concrete plans to test a revolutionary new drive system aboard the International Space Station. The propulsion tech in question is
...arth orbit or closer to the sun, plasma drives could draw their power from solar panels - the mainstream means of electricity generation in spacecraft today
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*Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System (image spectrometer used to measure surface composition)
*Neutron Spectrometer System (neutron spectrometer used to measure hydrogen abundance)
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...stem of the miner must be considered in the design and many ideas for each system must be studied and tested. The key systems of the miner are:
;Power System: Provide kilowatts of power and remove the waste heat.
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* Collect solar power for both heat and electricity
...no''' access to sunlight here and Earth communication will require a relay system. The environmental temperatures range from 40K to 100K, that is, cryogenic
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...de providing by [[Mass Drivers|mass driver]] the materials for space-based solar power on Earth, [[Orbital Ring|solving overpopulation]], providing Earth-sc
In addition, the Moon is the closest large body in the solar system to Earth. While some Earth-crosser asteroids occasionally pass closer, the
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...l devices with a response time of 3 seconds. Luna is the key to the solar system. This is why it is so important to get ground truth from the lunar poles.
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...already been successfully attempted by the Japanese [[Hayabusa]] mission. Solar power (either electrical or via reflectors) would be used to heat the aster
Both ion propulsion and solar sailing give continuous but very low thrust, so trips would be long term en
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...time Luna and Earth orbiting factories should be churning out a great many solar power satellites, orbital habitats, and [[Eddy Current Brake to Orbit|orbit
...Luna would get the cash from Earth for materials that go into space based solar power plants, habitats and other orbiting structures.
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...system, whereas the cutting head needs power to operate. My logic is that solar implanted volatiles like He3 are in the top layers of soil. This soil is lo
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...a!'''</SPAN><BR/>''A resource for reaching our stepping stone to the Solar System.''<BR/>
...w.moonsociety.org/reports/spb-demo-exhibited.html|Moon Society Unveils the Solar Power Beaming Demonstrator at the International Space Development Conferenc
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==The [[Solar wind]]==
...rtant are [[hydrogen]], [[oxygen]], and later possibly [[Helium3]]. The [[Solar wind]] has been imparting these compounds into the [[lunar regolith]] for b
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...ople, transportation that links Earth to the farthest reaches of the Solar System, space probes and observation devices that far exceed the capabilities of a
...dustry to benefit Earth and extend human capabilities throughout the Solar System. This can be done with only a few people actually on the moon. [[Lunar Ro
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...xtreme conditions found within the interiors of giant planets in our solar system. By creating states of matter extremely difficult to achieve on Earth, the
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...Vacuum on the moon will not allow a proper cooling. The only output of the system is infrared radiation. The point is how the infrared radiation will scape p
...the infrared radiation of the surroundings. The day time is when there is solar power to use so the daytime is when the heat must be radiated. A process o
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...before the rocket-sled is built. Commonly suggested uses are space based solar power and space habitats.
...electric portion of the launch than a minimal all electric cargo launching system and might use temporarily diverted electrical power. So the example config
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...put, or by replacing fossil fuels with [[Solar Power Satellites]], Lunar [[Solar Power]] or Lunar [[Helium3]], or through other lunar [[In Situ Resource Uti
...ly solved through international regulation: a market-based "cap and trade" system for acid rain pollutants, and a ban on production of certain chemicals, mad
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...r more complex reaction sequence, the primary benefit of the HF acid leach system is much lower reaction temperatures. Lower temperature requirements result
The system used to carry out any reaction must be well suited and as inert as possible
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