Ion propulsion: An enabling technology for interstellar precursor missions

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 88-93

  Fearn, David G ^a  

^a EP SOLUTIONS SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High specific impulse; High velocity increment; Ion propulsion; Nuclear power

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SYSTEMS; ASTRONOMICAL UNITS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; GRIDDED ION THRUSTERS; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; HIGH VELOCITY; NUCLEAR POWER SOURCES; VELOCITY INCREMENTS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 33644906899     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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