Low-cost interstellar probe

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 52, Issue 2-6, 2003, Pages 267-279

  McNutt Jr , R L ^a   Andrews, G B ^a   McAdams, J ^a   Gold, R E ^a   Santo, A ^a   Oursler, D ^a   Heeres, K ^a   Fraeman, M ^a   Williams, B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GALAXIES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE PROBES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

INTERSTELLAR PROBES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0037237987     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00166-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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