In situ production of solar power systems for exploration: Potential for in situ rectenna production on Mars

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Jan 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aipc..458.1623c&link_type=abstract

Space technology and applications international forum -1999. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 458, pp. 1623-1628 (1999).

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In situ derived expandable power is a key to eventual Mars base self-sufficiency. Initial studies for a non-nuclear human Mars reference mission rely on a large area of solar cells with energy storage for night power requirements. Preliminary studies indicate that utilization of Solar Electric Propulsion vehicles in Mars areosynchronous orbit might competitively provide continuous power if laser or 245 GHz microwave power transmission were utilized. This paper looks at the potential to reduce landed mass on Mars for a non-nuclear human mission and thus reduce mission cost by making the power receiving rectennas in situ on Mars surface.

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