Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions

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

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Space Power Requirements and Selection Criteria; 5 3. Space Power Systems Options and Selection Constraints; 6 4. Needed Technological Advances in Space Power Subsystems to Meet SDI Requirements; 7 5. Approaches Toward Achieving Advances in Critical Power Technologies; 8 6. Commentaries on the SDI Power Program; 9 References; 10 Appendix A: Glossary of Abbreviations; 11 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches; 12 Appendix C: Study Chronology; 13 Appendix D: Possible Impacts of Effluents from SDI Systems; 14 Appendix E: Compilation of Study Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations; 15 Index