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Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions
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Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions

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Star Wars - as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is dubbed - will require reliable sources of immense amounts of energy to power such advanced weapons as lasers and particle beams. Are such power sources available? This study says no, not yet - and points the way toward the kind of energy research and development that is needed to power SDI. Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions presents a comprehensive and objective view of SDI’s unprecedented power requirements and the opportunities we have to meet them in a cost-effective manner.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Date
15 January 1989
Pages
156
ISBN
9780309039994

Star Wars - as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) is dubbed - will require reliable sources of immense amounts of energy to power such advanced weapons as lasers and particle beams. Are such power sources available? This study says no, not yet - and points the way toward the kind of energy research and development that is needed to power SDI. Advanced Power Sources for Space Missions presents a comprehensive and objective view of SDI’s unprecedented power requirements and the opportunities we have to meet them in a cost-effective manner.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Date
15 January 1989
Pages
156
ISBN
9780309039994