Benefits of solar electric propulsion for the next generation of planetary exploration missions

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-159

  Williams, Steven N ^a   Coverstone Carroll, Victoria ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LUNAR MISSIONS; PLANETS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FLIGHT TIME; FUTURE MISSION; IN-SITU INVESTIGATIONS; PLANET MARS; PLANETARY MISSION; PLANETARY-EXPLORATION MISSIONS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

PLANETARY EXPLORATION; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 0031108375     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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