Plasma propulsion options for multiple terrestrial planet finder architectures

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-356

  Polzin, Kurt A ^a   Choueiri, Edgar Y ^a   Gurfil, Pini ^a   Jeremy Kasdin, N ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; PLANETS; PROPULSION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

PLASMA PROPULSION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036576960     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3833     Document Type: Article

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