Space-based solar power - Quiz
A) 1999 B) 1995 C) 1989 D) 2005
A) Inflatable photovoltaic gossamer structure B) Solid-state silicon disk C) Rigid carbon-fiber frame D) Liquid metal reflector
A) Sun-synchronous and geosynchronous B) High Earth orbit and elliptical orbit C) Geostationary and lunar orbit D) Low Earth orbit and polar orbit
A) Reflect sunlight to warm the Earth B) Store energy for space stations C) Convert sunlight and beam energy to Earth D) Power deep space exploration probes
A) $50–$100 per kilogram B) $1,000–$2,000 per kilogram C) $100–$200 per kilogram D) $500–$1,000 per kilogram
A) Inherent land and water requirements B) High maintenance costs C) Lack of sunlight consistency D) Regulatory hurdles
A) Hydrogen fuel cells B) Nuclear fission reactors C) Concentrator lenses or solar heat engines D) Kinetic energy harvesters
A) Sustainable Solar Power Exploration B) Solar Energy Research and Technology C) Space Satellite Power and Engineering D) Space Solar Power Exploratory Research and Technology
A) Lower cost access to space B) Government subsidies C) Global carbon taxes D) Private sector partnerships
A) They must be fully funded by international governments B) They require trillion dollar upfront investments C) The infrastructure cost is negligible D) They should not require unimaginably large initial investments
A) The sun became less efficient for energy collection. B) A major accident occurred in space. C) The change in US administrations after the 1980 elections. D) The technology was deemed illegal by international law.
A) An underwater turbine. B) A large-scale solar thermal evaporator. C) Microwave rectenna. D) A satellite relay dish.
A) Antennas must be built inside protected wilderness areas. B) The need to build antennas on top of mountain peaks. C) The vast size required for receiving antennas. D) The pollution caused by the rectenna materials.
A) India. B) Russia. C) Japan. D) United Kingdom.
A) The Gobi Desert region. B) Beijing's central research zone. C) Shanghai's coastal development area. D) Chongqing's Bishan District.
A) 2050. B) 2025. C) 2035. D) 2030.
A) Two orders of magnitude cheaper. B) Five orders of magnitude more expensive. C) Significantly cheaper. D) Exactly the same.
A) The Ministry of Finance. B) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. C) JAXA. D) The National Space Committee.
A) Li Ming. B) The European Space Agency. C) Pete Worden. D) The Office of Technology Assessment.
A) $50 million B) $100 million C) $500 million D) $10 million
A) Infrared beams B) Microwave beams C) Laser beams D) Radio beams
A) Religious implications B) Global climate change denial C) Public Acceptance D) Private sector profit margins
A) Privatization vs Nationalization B) Unionization of workers C) Centralization/Decentralization D) International espionage
A) Visible light lasers B) Microwaves C) Radio waves D) X-rays
A) Arthur D. Little, Inc. B) The L5 Society C) The Vanguard Project D) The Golden Dome Consortium
A) The 2025 Golden Dome program B) Strategic Defense Initiative C) The MAPLE Project D) The Vanguard I mission
A) Peter Glaser B) Donald Bren C) Lowell Wood D) Isaac Asimov
A) 100 kilowatts B) 500 watts C) 10 watts D) 3.2 watts
A) Peter Glaser B) Donald Bren C) Isaac Asimov D) Lowell Wood
A) L5 Satellite B) Vanguard I C) Glaser-1 D) MAPLE
A) 1968 B) 2020 C) 1973 D) 1941
A) Lowell Wood B) Isaac Asimov C) Donald Bren D) Peter Glaser
A) 10 kilowatts B) 1.8 kilowatts C) 1.8 megawatts D) 5 kilowatts
A) Microwaves B) Radio waves C) Infrared lasers D) Visible light lasers
A) 120% B) 144% C) 200% D) 100%
A) 30 minutes B) 120 minutes C) 24 hours D) 72 minutes
A) Solar radiation B) Atmospheric drag C) Kessler syndrome D) Microwave interference
A) 1.8 kilowatts B) 1 gigawatt C) 50 kilowatts D) 10 kilowatts
A) Lunar power mining B) Dissolution of the company C) Focus on nuclear fusion D) Space-based data centers
A) About eight times B) About five times C) About twenty times D) About twice
A) Ten billion dollars B) Five hundred million dollars C) Fifty million dollars D) One billion dollars
A) 99% B) 10% C) 29% D) 50%
A) It requires isolating the system from other satellites B) It is too weak to reach the ground C) It causes dangerous atmospheric heating D) It is banned by international law
A) William C. Brown. B) John C. Mankins. C) Walter Cronkite. D) A team at JPL Raytheon.
A) 50%. B) 9.6%. C) 2.45%. D) 30%.
A) Atmospheric interference. B) Gravitational lensing. C) Diffraction. D) Solar wind.
A) Goldstone, California. B) Reunion Island. C) JPL headquarters. D) Maui, Hawaii.
A) 2010. B) 1991. C) 1993. D) 1989.
A) Mirrors. B) Lenses. C) Photovoltaic arrays. D) Rectennas.
A) Raytheon. B) NASA. C) JPL. D) IEEE.
A) 92 miles. B) 1.6 km. C) 1 mile. D) 10 km. |
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