Aimstar: antimatter initiated microfusion for pre-cursor interstellar missions

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Gaidos, G ^a   Lewis, R A ^a   Meyer, K ^a   Schmidt, T ^a   Smith, G A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTIONS; PROTONS; ROCKET ENGINES; SPACE RESEARCH;

ANEUTRONIC NUCLEAR FUSION ENGINE; ANTIMATTER INITIATED MICROFUSION; ANTIPROTONS; INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 0032673211     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00046-6     Document Type: Article

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