Performance test results for the laser-powered microthruster

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 830, Issue , 2006, Pages 224-234

  Phipps, Claude R ^a   Luke, James R ^a,b   Helgeson, Wesley ^b   Johnson, Richard ^b  

^a PHOTONIC ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NMT/IERA   (United States)

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EID: 33845468706     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2203265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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