Solar thermal power for lunar materials processing

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-101

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Senior, Constance L ^b  

^a and Navigation Division   (United States)

^b Reaction Engineering Int   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Manufacturing; Moon; Oxygen; Solar energy; Space colonies; Space exploration; Thermal energy

Indexed keywords

LUNAR MATERIALS PROCESSING; SPACE EXPLORATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OXYGEN; PYROLYSIS; SINTERING; THERMAL ENERGY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 40849124232     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2008)21:2(91)     Document Type: Article

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