ABSTRACT:
This report presents a summary of the Solar Thermal Conversion Mission Analysis performed by The Aerospace Corporation, as applied to the Southwestern United States, under a follow-on contract to the National Science Foundation/ Research Applied to National Needs (NSF /RANN). This report presents a summary of the results of the Solar Thermal Conversion Mission Analysis, performed by The Aerospace Corporation as applied to the Southwestern United States, under a follow-on contract to the National Science Foundation/Research Applied to National Needs. The material presented is an extension of and is complementary to that covered by previously published reports describing the interim results of analyses as applied to Southern California only.