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Feasibility of power beaming through the Venus atmosphere

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Title
Feasibility of power beaming through the Venus atmosphere
Author(s)
Grandidier, Jonathan; Akins, Alex; Crisp, David; Yeon Joo Lee; Schwartz, Joel; Bugga, Ratnakumar; Hall, Jeffery L.; Limaye, Sanjay; Brandon, Erik J.
Publication Date
2023-10
Journal
ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, v.211, pp.376 - 381
Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Abstract
Despite great interest by the planetary science community in the robotic exploration of Venus, solutions for operating in this extreme environment present significant challenges to mission architects. A particular challenge in designing any in situ Venus mission of reasonable duration is the selection of a suitable power source. State-ofthe-art space power technologies comprising solar arrays, batteries and radioisotope thermoelectric generators are not capable of operating on the surface of Venus, limited by the high temperatures, high pressures and corrosive environment. Despite its proximity to the Sun, the solar resource on the surface is limited by the dense cloud layers. One potential approach for circumventing this limitation includes collecting the abundant visible solar energy above the Venus atmosphere, and wirelessly transferring this power to the surface at a wavelength that can more effectively penetrate the dense cloud layer. The feasibility of such an approach and other related mission concepts are discussed herein from a perspective of atmospheric absorption and scattering of the beamed energy.
URI
https://pr.ibs.re.kr/handle/8788114/14668
DOI
10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.06.042
ISSN
0094-5765
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Pioneer Research Center for Climate and Earth Science(기후 및 지구과학 연구단) > Planetary Atmospheres Group(행성 대기 그룹) > 1. Journal Papers (저널논문)
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