Moonbase night power by laser illumination

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 251-254

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS - APPLICATIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS - LASER APPLICATIONS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC RECEIVERS;

MOON;

EID: 0026630772     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.23469     Document Type: Article

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