Optimal inflatable space towers with 3-100 km height

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 87-97

  Bolonkin, Alexander ^a,b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

High height; Inflatable; Optimal; Space tower

Indexed keywords

RADIO TRANSMISSION; ROCKETS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; TOURISM; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; FRICTION COMPENSATION; HIGH HEIGHT; INFLATABLE; OPTIMAL; PROTECTION MECHANISMS; SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

TOWERS;

EID: 12444251249     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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