o MICROWAVE BEAM - IONOSPHERE INTERACTION TEST - ARECIBO AND POSSIBLY NEW OR MODIFIED SYSTEMS o DEMONSTRATE PHASED-ARRAY CONCEPT - GOLDSTONE o COMPLETE LABORATORY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF GaAs SOLAR CELLS o LABORATORY-SCALE TESTING OF IMPROVED HIGH-RATE SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES o THERMAL-VACUUM TESTING OF ADVANCED RADIATOR CONCEPTS o DESIGN AND TESTING OF PROTOTYPE SPACE FABRICATION DEVICE o EVALUATION OF GRAPHITE EPOXY CASTINGS o TESTING AND EVALUATION OF MPD AND THERMAL ARC THRUSTERS o PRELIMINARY WIND-TUNNEL TESTING OF CONCEPTUAL LAUNCH, REENTRY, AND LANDING CONFIGURATIONS o COMPLETE INITIAL TESTS OF BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF 'HIGH Z' RADIATION o PRELIMINARY TESTS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION ON EQUIPMENT, VEGETATION, AND ANIMALS o THERMAL-VACUUM TESTING OF TYPICAL STRUCTURES o ADDITIONAL CRITICAL TEST AS IDENTIFIED IN STUDIES Figure X-4.- Significant test activities, initial phase, July 1976 to July 1978 (partial listing). TYPICAL ACTIVITIES SPACE SUBSCALE SYSTEM GROUND-BASED DEVELOPMENT SPACE EXPERIMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION/ STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION/ASSEMBLY OF RECEIVING TECHNIQUES FABRICATION TECHNIQUES LARGE SYSTEMS MICROWAVE GENERATOR ELECTRONIC/MECHANICAL LOGISTICS OF LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS SPACE OPERATIONS - ADVANCED SOLAR CELLS EFFICIENT, LIGHTWEIGHT, LOW- - MATERIALS IN-SPACE PRODUCTIVITY AND COST SPACE SOLAR CELLS - MICROWAVE GENERATORS ASSEMBLY COSTS - THERMAL CONVERTER THERMAL CONVERSION SYSTEM, COMPONENTS END-TO-END POWER SYSTEM COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY - . PERFORMANCE HIGH-VOLTAGE PLASMA EFFECTS POWER PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION COMPONENTS ORBITAL TRANSFER THRUSTER FLIGHT EVALUATION MATERIALS INVESTIGATION PROPELLANT TRANSFER ORBITAL TRANSFER THRUSTER TECHNOLOGY EMISSIONS - ATMOSPHERE COMPATIBILITY ENVIRONMENT - BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS - IONOSPHERE IMPACTS - RADIOFREQUENCY INTERFERENCE Figure X-5.- Technology advancement phase.
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