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Low Cost Manufacturing Technology for Space Solar Power Generation (Formally Advanced Microelectrical Photovoltaic Systems (MEMs))
Completed
TRL 6 (started at 3, targeting 6)
Description
Develop and demonstrate advanced Advanced Microelectromechanical Photovoltaic Systems (AMPS) technologies that meet NASA's space exploration needs for safe, abundant, reliable, and lightweight solar power generation by developing manufacturing technologies that significantly reduce the cost of large, high power solar arrays.
Details
| Technology area | Aerospace Power and Energy Storage > Power Generation and Energy Conversion > Photovoltaic Electrical Power |
| Program | Game Changing Development (GCD) |
| Lead organization | Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH |
| Start date | 2014-10-01 |
| End date | 2015-03-25 |
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