NASA NTRS · 19810000369
Fabricating Structural Beams
Abstract
Automatic machine described in new report has demonstrated on Earth feasibility of machine fabricating beams for huge structures in space. Such structures include solar mirrors, radiometer reflectors, microwave power transmitters, solar-thermal power generators, and solar photoelectric generators, ranging in size from few hundred meters long to tens of kilometers long.
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Engler, E. E., Ehl, J., Muench, W., Morfin, H., Huber, J., Braun, R., Marx, W., Alberi, A., Romaneck, R., Johnson, C., Giannuzzi, O., Weyhreter, A.. 1982-12-01. Fabricating Structural Beams. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810000369
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