A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF USING NUCLEAR VERSUS SOLAR POWER IN WATER EXTRACTION FROM ROCKS.
Abstract
Relative to the extraction of water from predicted lunar surface materials, use of solar energy is recommended during early LESA missions, phasing into nuclear energy in later LESA missions. A heat transfer loop common to both systems is evaluated. Various geological and heat transfer problems that pertain to reactor and solar heat sources, as well as the engineering and logistics aspects of water extraction systems, are investigated. Welded tuffs and altered volcanics are believed to be among the best source materials for water in lunarbasing operations. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0621438
Entities
People
- J. Green