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A Bent-Pipe Microwave Wireless Power Transfer Spacecraft For Relay To Unserved Regions, Jeremy Straub

Jeremy Straub

This paper seeks to begin a discussion about the efficacy of using a ‘bent pipe’ transmission concept (familiar to those in the communications satellite arena) for power transfer. It presents the ‘bent pipe’ concept and provides a brief qualitative consideration of the benefits of this approach. It also begins the process of quantitatively considering the efficacy of a ‘bent pipe’ mission by exploring the trade space related to frequency, antenna size and altitude.

Consideration Of The Use Of A Space Solar Power Satellite System For A Manned Mars Mission, Benjamin Kading, Jeremy Straub, Tristan Plante, Alex Holland, Jordan Forbord, Landon Klein, David Whalen

Jeremy Straub

The design of a manned Mars mission has been a point of ongoing interest . Numerous Mars missions have been proposed and designed but major roadblocks impair their completion. Primarily, these issues are related to cost and safety concerns. However, many technologies have been developed and are being developed to make a Mars mission more feasible. One such technology is Space So- lar Power. (SSP) SSP technology involves generating power in space from the sun and beaming it via microwave radia- tion to a ground site for use. This method has immediate usability on Mars due to the minimal atmosphere, …

Design Concept For A Power Generating Satellite For A Manned Mars Mission, Alex Holland, Tristan Plante, Jordan Forbord, Landon Klein, Benjamin Kading, Jeremy Straub, David Whalen

Jeremy Straub

Once proposed work in low-Earth orbit [1] to demonstrate the efficacy of wireless power transmis- sion is a mission is completed, an additional step is needed before the technology is sufficiently tested for use on Earth. A Martian mission (such as [2]) is pro- posed to allow the demonstration of the use of the wireless power transmission technology in support of and proximity to human astronaut operations.

This poster presets a satellite concept intended for use on this Mars mission, to supply power that is need- ed for human habitation and other purposes. This satel- lite is designed to be …

Pattern Recognition For Detecting Failures In Space Solar Power Systems, Allen Mcdermott, Cameron Kerbaugh, Jeremy Straub, Eunjin Kim

Jeremy Straub

This poster covers work relating to the use of expert systems and pattern recognition to attempt to identify, detect and prospectively stop patterns of activity that could potentially lead to failure of a space solar power (SSP) system. A database-based expert system has is presented to identify patterns, which can be used to determine whether a power beam could hit a unintend- ed target and potentially cause a calamity. This has been implemented via a facts-rule network via which supplied and collected facts and a rule set is used to de- termine whether the system is operating correctly (from a …