The Tsiolkovski tower re-examined

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a   Cafarelli, Craig ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; LOW ALTITUDES; MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY; SKY-HOOK; TALL TOWERS; TAPER RATIOS; TENSION STRUCTURE;

EARTH (PLANET);

TOWERS;

EID: 29544447143     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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