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Wireless Power Transmission and the Effect of its Development on Planetary Exploration
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Introduction
History
Technology
Limitations
Benefits and General Applications
Near term Affects for Mars Exploration
Long term affects for Mars Exploration
Conclusions
History of WPT
Brief History
Nikola Telsa – Experimented in 1899
Imagined a global wireless power distribution system
William Brown
Established microwave to electricity conversion
Invention of the Solar Panel
First NASA solar powered satellite 1958
Oil Crisis
NASA program
Limitations
Cost
Atmospheric and Weather Effects
Safety
Technical Maturity
Legal
Article IV of Outer Space Treaty 1967?, is it a weapon of Mass Destruction?
ABM Treaty
Article II of Outer Space Treaty Non-Appropriation of space (protection)
ENMOD convention
Benefits and Applications
In Orbit
Greater Intensity of Sunlight in Space
Independence on Temporal Cycle - 99% time in Sunlight in GEO
Not subject to dimming over day period
Not subject to weather affects
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Introduction
History
Technology
Limitations
Benefits and General Applications
Near term Affects for Mars Exploration
Long term affects for Mars Exploration
Conclusions
History of WPT
Brief History
Nikola Telsa – Experimented in 1899
Imagined a global wireless power distribution system
William Brown
Established microwave to electricity conversion
Invention of the Solar Panel
First NASA solar powered satellite 1958
Oil Crisis
NASA program
Limitations
Cost
Atmospheric and Weather Effects
Safety
Technical Maturity
Legal
Article IV of Outer Space Treaty 1967?, is it a weapon of Mass Destruction?
ABM Treaty
Article II of Outer Space Treaty Non-Appropriation of space (protection)
ENMOD convention
Benefits and Applications
In Orbit
Greater Intensity of Sunlight in Space
Independence on Temporal Cycle - 99% time in Sunlight in GEO
Not subject to dimming over day period
Not subject to weather affects