The Chasm Between Imagination and Feasibility: Space-based Solar Power Started as sci-fi. And it Still is

IF 2.6 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2024.10551788

Harry Goldstein

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Abstract

The scene: A space-based solar power station called the Converter being commissioned some time in the Future. The characters: Two astronauts, Powell and Donovan, and a robot named QT-1 (“Cutie” to its human friends). The plot: The astronauts are training Cutie to take over the station's operations, which involve collecting solar energy in space and then directing it as intense beams of microwaves down to Earth.

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想象与可行性之间的鸿沟：天基太阳能始于科幻。现在依然如此

场景未来某时，一座名为 "转换器 "的太空太阳能发电站投入使用。人物两名宇航员鲍威尔和多诺万，以及一个名叫 QT-1 的机器人（人类朋友称之为 "小可爱"）。剧情宇航员们正在训练 "小可爱 "接管空间站的工作，包括在太空中收集太阳能，然后将其转化为强烈的微波束发射到地球。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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