Solar Power Satellite: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, March 28, 29, 30, 1979 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aerospace analysis bill coal construction cost Department of Energy dollars Don Fuqua Earth economic effects efficiency effort energy options energy sources energy systems energy technologies engineering estimates Evaluation Program Act exposure feasibility Figure FLIPPO FOREMAN fossil fuel frequency funding future gallium gallium arsenide geosynchronous orbit ionosphere issues klystron laser long term low Earth orbit ment microwave beam microwave power transmission microwave radiation million Myers NASA nations net present value nuclear nuclear fission operations orbit output phase photovoltaic system potential power density Power Satellite Research present problems questions radio frequency interference receiving antenna rectenna reference system Satellite Power System silicon societal solar cells solar energy solar power satellite space transportation SPS concept SPS program SPS system SPS technology SPS's statement storage structures studies Subcommittee on Space systems definition technical terrestrial photovoltaic terrestrial system testimony thermal tion
Popular passages
Page 200 - Committees of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers...
Page 35 - GREY Dr. Jerry Grey received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and his Master's in Engineering Physics from Cornell University ; his PhD in Aeronautics and Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. His early career included stints as a full-time Instructor of Thermodynamics at Cornell, an engine development engineer at Fairchild, a Senior Engineer at Marquardt, and a hypersonic aerodynamicist at the GALCIT 5-inch Hypersonic Wind Tunnel.
Page 5 - The IEEE shall strive to enhance the quality of life for all people throughout the world through the constructive application of technology in its fields of competence. It shall endeavor to promote understanding of the influence of such technology on the public welfare.
Page 58 - R&D expenditure is allocated to three agencies — the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Page 35 - Grey is the author of six books and over a hundred technical papers in the fields of solar energy, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, rocket and aircraft propulsion and power, plasma diagnostics, instrumentation, and the applications of technology. He has served as consultant to the 0.
Page 63 - Sustaining university program" line item. At the request of the chairman of the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics...
Page 47 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 290 Avenue of the Americas NEW YORK NY 10019 USA.
Page 35 - Sciences for 15 years, where he taught courses in fluid mechanics, propulsion, and nuclear powerplants and served as Director of the Nuclear Propulsion Research Laboratory. He formed the Greyrad Corporation in 1959 and was its full-time President from 1967 to 1971.
Page 9 - He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Page 200 - Glaser served on Committees of the National Academy of Sciences, and is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...