Roles of hydrogen in space explorations

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 837, Issue , 2006, Pages 175-199

  Bowman Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic hydrogen stroage; Energy conversion; Hydrogen; Metal hydrides; Nickel hydrogen batteries; Rocket propulsion; Sorption cryocoolers; Space exploration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845586971     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2213074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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