Radioisotope electric propulsion for robotic science missions to near-interstellar space

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 322-328

  Noble, Robert J ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL UNITS; CHEMICAL PROPULSION; GRAVITATIONAL LENS; HYBRID PROPULSION; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; MILKY WAY GALAXY; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; RADIOISOTOPE ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; ION PROPULSION; PROBES; RADIOISOTOPES; ROBOTICS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0009449054     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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