TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreword............................................................. 1V Glossary ............................................................. v I. INTRODUCTION................................................... 1 II. NASA PROGRAM AND SYSTEM CONCEPT .............................. 5 III. BRIEF SATELLITE POWER STATION CONCEPT DESCRIPTION ........... 13 IV. TECHNOLOGY STATUS AND REQUIREMENTS............................ 47 V. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ............................................. 85 VI. ENERGY BALANCE....................................................133 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ......................................... 155 VIII. KEY ISSUES........................................................169 IX. THE O'NEILL CONCEPT............................................. 209 X. ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY .................................... 231 XI. DEVELOPMENT TIME FOR NEW SYSTEMS.................................255 XII. TASK GROUP ON SATELLITE POWER STATIONS.......................... 269 REFERENCES..............................................................271 BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................... 279
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