Advances in laser technology now makes it reasonable to use a laser to beam power directly from a power source at the illuminated rim of the crater to a photovoltaic laser receiver on a rover exploring inside the permanently shadowed region. To move this technology from the conceptual design to a system that can be implemented for exploration, it will have to be demonstrated, both with ground- and space-based prototype systems. A conceptual design was done of a possible flight demonstration of laser power beaming. The design envisioned the demonstration as an addition to a proposed flight demonstration of the Kilopower space reactor, on a proposed lunar lander.


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    Title :

    Laser Power Beaming for Lunar Polar Exploration


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum ; 2020 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English




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