Near-term interstellar sailing

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-62

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a   Taylor, Travis S ^b   Powell, T Conley ^b   Moton, Tryshanda ^c   Robinson, Don ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Teledyne Brown Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity assists; Heliopause probe; Interstellar travel; Solar sail

Indexed keywords

AREAL MASS; GRAVITY-ASSIST; HELIOPAUSE; INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL; JUPITERS; MISSION DURATION; SOLAR ORBITS; WORKING LIFETIMES;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 31644434135     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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