A realistic interstellar explorer

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 192-197

  McNutt Jr , R L ^a   Andrews, G B ^a   Gold, R E ^a   Bokulic, R S ^a   Boone, B G ^a   Haley, D R ^a   McAdams, J V ^a   Williams, B D ^a   Boyle, M P ^a   Starstrom, G ^a   Riggin, J ^a   Lester, D ^b   Lyman, R ^b   Ewing, M ^b   Krishnan, R ^b   Read, D ^c   Naes, L ^c   McPherson, M ^d   Deters, R ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstellar explorer; Interstellar precursor mission; Science instrumentation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EXTRAPOLATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

ESCAPE TRAJECTORY; INTERSTELLAR EXPLORER; NEAR-CURRENT TECHNOLOGY;

ASTRONOMY;

SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2942709496     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.03.053     Document Type: Article

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