High-performance ultra-light nuclear rockets for near-earth objects interaction missions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 822, Issue , 1997, Pages 447-467

  Powell, James ^a   Maise, George ^a   Ludewig, Hans ^a   Todosow, Michael ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL; HYDROGEN;

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; DEVELOPMENT; DISASTER; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; TECHNOLOGY; VELOCITY;

ASTEROIDEA; HESPERIS;

EID: 0030795873     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48360.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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