Three-week voyages across 1 AU could be made in large sailing craft propelled by microwaves generated at power stations operating at 0.1 AU from the sun. The power stations could be built of mercurian materials launched by mass driver to building sites in solar orbit. A Clarke Station 28 km in radius could generate 64 TW of microwaves and support the operation of a 1000-tonne, 1000-passenger vessel. The ability to build near-sun power stations of mercurian materials would not only support high-speed transport but solar system development in general. (ERA citation 10:028257)


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    Titel :

    Clarke Stations and Mercurian Mass-Drivers: Energy for Large-Scale Transportation Systems


    Beteiligte:
    E. M. Jones (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1985


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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