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A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the SpacecoachPower Plants

A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the Spacecoach: Power Plants [Spacecoaches, at least in the inner Solar System, will be powered by large solar photovoltaic arrays or sails that are sized to generate several hundred kilowatts to a few megawatts of electrical power. This chapter explores the development of photovoltaic technology and explores ship configurations that incorporate large arrays into the ship itself while reducing the need for rigid trusses and backplanes.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Design for a Reusable Water-Based Spacecraft Known as the SpacecoachPower Plants

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2016
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978-3-319-22676-7
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27 –30
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22677-4_4
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[Spacecoaches, at least in the inner Solar System, will be powered by large solar photovoltaic arrays or sails that are sized to generate several hundred kilowatts to a few megawatts of electrical power. This chapter explores the development of photovoltaic technology and explores ship configurations that incorporate large arrays into the ship itself while reducing the need for rigid trusses and backplanes.]

Published: Sep 16, 2015

Keywords: Solar Power; Solar Array; Payload Capacity; Generation Ship; Photovoltaic Energy Conversion

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