Preliminary design of nuclear electric propulsion missions to the outer planets

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1542-1561

  Yam, Chit Hong ^a   McConaghy, T Troy ^a   Chen, K Joseph ^a   Longuski, James M ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS FRACTION; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SPACE EXPLORATION; SPACECRAFT MASS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; GRAVITATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT;

PLANETS;

EID: 19644400152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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