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... beam , but rather covered only about 10 percent of the beam area . But they demonstrated a maximum efficiency of 82.5 percent in collecting their portion of the micro- wave beam and converting it to electricity . Other experiments ...
... beam , but rather covered only about 10 percent of the beam area . But they demonstrated a maximum efficiency of 82.5 percent in collecting their portion of the micro- wave beam and converting it to electricity . Other experiments ...
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... beam . An important result of the work of Glaser and his associates was the devising of a way to prevent the power beam from wandering off the rectenna . Their solution calls for a small por- tion of the microwave energy to be reflected ...
... beam . An important result of the work of Glaser and his associates was the devising of a way to prevent the power beam from wandering off the rectenna . Their solution calls for a small por- tion of the microwave energy to be reflected ...
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... beam . ( Courtesy Arthur D. Little , Inc. ) and surrounding space . The spread - out beam would then be no more harmful than the signal from a radio station and would be as weak . The power beam would be deliberately designed to spread ...
... beam . ( Courtesy Arthur D. Little , Inc. ) and surrounding space . The spread - out beam would then be no more harmful than the signal from a radio station and would be as weak . The power beam would be deliberately designed to spread ...
Contents
CONTENTS Acknowledgments | 8 |
Introduction by Ray Bradbury | 9 |
Other Life in Space | 11 |
Copyright | |
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