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Lunar solar power system: review of the technology base of an operational LSP system ☆
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In this paper, the feasibility of using current technologies to implement an operational LSP system was examined in terms of NASA Technology Readiness Levels (TRLSTM), and a solid technology base exists for an operational LMSP system.About:
This article is published in Acta Astronautica.The article was published on 2000-04-01. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar power.read more
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Self-replicating robots for lunar development
TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of self-replicating robots in the context of Moon resource development is analyzed, and a simple prototype that demonstrates active mechanical replication is presented, and an analytical model of how the proliferation of such systems on the lunar surface would occur.
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The Moon 35 years after Apollo: What's left to learn?
TL;DR: Jolliff et al. as mentioned in this paper summarized the missions already flown to the Moon along with those that are planned in order to give the reader an idea of exactly what lunar science has been and will be conducted in the hope that it will inspire proposals for missions to address the outstanding science questions.
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A robotic library system for an off-site shelving facility
TL;DR: An autonomous mobile robotic library system has been developed to retrieve items from bookshelves and carry them to scanning stations located in the off-site shelving facility in order to achieve real-time browsing of printed materials.
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Development of the Moon
TL;DR: Aldridge et al. as discussed by the authors focused largely on new results from recent missions and on their implications for how we interpret results from older missions, and considered how we might use lunar materials for exploration, utilization and development of the Moon.
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Data envelopment analysis of space and terrestrially-based large scale commercial power systems for earth: A prototype analysis of their relative economic advantages
TL;DR: The Lunar Solar Power System (LSP) as mentioned in this paper is a new option that is independent of the biosphere that captures sunlight on the moon, converts the solar power to microwaves, and beams the power to receivers on Earth that output electricity.
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Lunar sourcebook : a user's guide to the moon
TL;DR: The present status of lunar knowledge based on U.S. and USSR lunar missions and the continuing analysis of lunar samples and data is reviewed in this paper, with particular attention given to exploration, samples, and recent concepts of the moon; the lunar environment; lunar surface processes; the moon minerals, rocks, and regolith; chemical elements in the moon, physical properties of the lunar surface; and global and regional data about the moon.
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Surface Displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, Earthquake Observed by SAR Interferometry
Gilles Peltzer,Paul A. Rosen +1 more
TL;DR: Satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometry shows that the magnitude 6.1 Eureka Valley earthquake produced an elongated subsidence basin oriented north-northwest, parallel to the trend defined by the aftershock distribution, whereas the source mechanism of the earthquake implies a north-northeast-striking normal fault.
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The history of wireless power transmission
TL;DR: The history of wireless power transmission at microwave frequencies is reviewed with emphasis upon the time period starting with the post World War II efforts to use the new microwave technology developed during the war.
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Validation of a unique concept for a low-cost, lightweight space-deployable antenna structure
TL;DR: In this paper, a 14m-diameter inflatable deployable reflector antenna structure was used for a NASA In-Space Technology Experiment Program (IN-STEP) space-based experiment.
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Personal wireless
TL;DR: Personal communication services (PCSs), whereby individuals carry small, inexpensive handheld communicators and can be reached by voice or data with a single phone number, wherever they may be, are discussed.