Earth accelerators for space ships and missiles

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 394-404

  Alexander, Bolonkin ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable space launcher; Cheap space travel; Space launcher; Space tourism

Indexed keywords

HYPERSONIC SPEED; PLANETARY SURFACES; POWER STATION; SHORT PERIODS; SPACE APPARATUS; SPACE LAUNCHER; SPACE TOURISMS; SPACE TRAVEL;

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; LAUNCHING; SPACECRAFT;

CABLES;

EID: 2642518428     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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