Robert L. Forward's solar photon thruster solar sail architecture revisited

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 719-731

  Flint, Eric M ^a,b  

^a Mevicon Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS; ORBITS; PHOTONS; PROPULSION; REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; VECTORS;

CENTER OF MASS; IN-SPACE PROPULSION; SOLAR PHOTON THRUSTERS; SOLAR SAILS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 16244379872     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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