NASA NTRS · 19910008844
Megawatt solar power systems for lunar surface operations
Abstract
The work presented here shows that a solar power system can provide power on the order of one megawatt to a lunar base with a fairly high specific power. The main drawback to using solar power is still the high mass, and therefore, cost of supplying energy storage through the solar night. The use of cryogenic reactant storage in a fuel cell system, however, greatly reduces the total system mass over conventional energy storage schemes.
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Adams, B., Alhadeff, S., Beard, S., Carlile, D., Cook, D., Douglas, C., Garcia, D., Gillespie, D., Golingo, R., Gonzalez, D.. 1990-11-01. Megawatt solar power systems for lunar surface operations. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910008844
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