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