A strategic roadmap to centauri

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 316-325

  Johnson, Les ^a   Harris, David ^a   Trausch, Ann ^a   Matloff, Gregory L ^b,c   Taylor, Travis ^d   Cutting, Kathleen ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Gray Research   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary propulsion; Interstellar travel; Space colonization; Space fabrication; Space manufacturing; Space resources

Indexed keywords

INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL; MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS; MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SPACE COLONIZATION; SPACE MANUFACTURING; SPACE RESOURCES; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS;

FABRICATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; NASA; PROPULSION; REPAIR; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE FLIGHT; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 23944444826     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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