Satellite solar power: Renewed interest in an age of climate change?

Space Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-120

  Macauley, Molly K ^a   Shih, Jhih Shyang ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

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EID: 34247565089     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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