Space Power Systems

Content: 
Progress in ASTRONAUTICS and ROCKETRY, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY: Power Systems Committee, Pages v-vi
PREFACE, Pages vii-xiv, Nathan W. Snyder
SOLAR CELL POWER SYSTEMS FOR SPACE VEHICLES, Pages 3-10, N.W. Snyder, R.W. Karcher
SOLAR CELL POWER SYSTEM FOR ADVENT, Pages 11-18, Richard W. Karcher
RANGER SPACECRAFT POWER SYSTEM, Pages 19-27, Robert C. Hamilton
POWER SUPPLY FOR THE TIROS I METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE, Pages 29-47, Seymour H. Winkler, Irving Stein, Paul Wiener
DEVELOPMENT OF THE POWER SUPPLY for the TRANSIT SATELLITE, Pages 49-78, Walter C. Scott
SOLAR PANEL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, Pages 79-109, W.H. EVANS, A.E. MANN, I. WEIMAN, W.V. WRIGHT
AN ANALYSIS OF MIRROR ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLAR POWER PLANTS, Pages 111-127, DAVID H. SILVERN
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SPACE POWER SYSTEMS, Pages 129-152, Donald H. McClelland
SOLAR THERMIONIC ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM, Pages 153-186, David L. Purdy
PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION STUDY OF A SOLAR THERMOELECTRIC FLAT PLATE GENERATOR, Pages 187-217, R.J. Campana, J.B. Roes
SOLAR CONCENTRATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE STIRLING ENGINE, Pages 219-250, R.E. Henderson, D.L. Dresser
SUNFLOWER POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM, Pages 251-268, James A. Rudy
THE SNAP 2 CONCEPT, Pages 271-279, H.M. Dieckamp
STATUS OF THE SNAP 2 REACTOR, Pages 281-290, R.D. Keen, R.R. Eggleston
SNAP II POWER CONVERSION STATUS, Pages 291-300, D.L. Southam
SNAP 2 RADIATIVE-CONDENSER DESIGN, Pages 301-324, M.G. Coombs, R.A. Stone
SNAP 2 SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INTEGRATION, Pages 325-332, D.J. Cockeram, R.L. Wallerstedt
SNAP THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEMS, Pages 333-340, A.W. Thiele, M.G. Coombs
SHIELD DESIGN FOR SNAP REACTORS, Pages 341-349, V. Keshishian
EVALUATION OF SNAP SAFETY FOR SPACE REACTOR APPLICATION, Pages 351-363, F.D. Anderson, J.G. Lundholm Jr.
THE EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL PROGRAMS FOR RE-ENTRY BURNUP OF SNAP REACTORS, Pages 365-379, P.D. Cohn
THE APPLICATION OF SNAP UNITS IN CURRENT SPACE VEHICLES, Pages 381-387, J.R. Wetch, J.G. Lundholm Jr.
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THERMIONIC CONVERSION REACTOR, Pages 389-398, R.L. Hirsch, J.W. Holland
NUCLEAR REACTOR -THERMIONIC SPACE POWER SYSTEMS, Pages 399-407, L.W. Perry, R.W. Pidd
DYNAMIC VERSUS DIRECT CONVERSION, Pages 409-432, Kenneth P. Johnson
BOILING VS NON-BOILING LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS IN RANKINE CYCLE SPACE POWER PLANTS, Pages 433-484, David L. Cochran, Keith E. Buck
THIRTEEN-WATT ISOTOPE-POWERED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS FOR SPACE AND LUNAR IMPACT MISSIONS, Pages 485-517, Justin L. Bloom, James B. Weddell
OPTIMIZED SNAP III POWER GENERATOR DESIGN FOR SPACECRAFT, Pages 519-546, H.H. Greenfield
SAFETY ANALYSES AND TESTS OF A RADIOISOTOPE POWERED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, Pages 547-561, Paul J. Dick
CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL SPACE POWER SYSTEMS, Pages 565-594, Eugene B. Zwick, E.B. Zwick
CRYOGENIC TANKAGE FOR CHEMICAL SPACE POWER SYSTEMS, Pages 595-611, James E. Bell, William H. Reid
POWER REQUIREMENTS OF THE NASA SPACE PROGRAM, Pages 615-623, Harold B. Finger, Fred Schulman
FLIGHT VEHICLE POWER FORECASTS, Pages 625-632, Curtis Kelly