The expected efficiency of burning of the D-He3 fuel in space propulsion systems

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-38

  Shmatov, M L ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

He3; Nuclear pulse propulsion

Indexed keywords

IN-SPACE PROPULSION; MICRO EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR PULSE PROPULSION;

NUCLEAR PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

FUELS;

EID: 29444434139     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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