Small laser-pushed lightsail interstellar probe: A study of parameter variations

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERSTELLAR PROBES; LOW DENSITY; MAXIMUM ACCELERATION; MISSION COSTS; SHORTER WAVELENGTH;

PROBES;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 0011796387     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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