Electrostatic AB-Ramjet space propulsion for interplanetary flight

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Bolonkin, Alexander ^a  

^a C R   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatics; Interplanetary matter; Space technology; Space vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; DRAG; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PROTONS;

INTERPLANETARY MATTER; SOLAR WIND; THRUST;

RAMJET ENGINES;

EID: 33846696732     PISSN: 00022667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00022660710720449     Document Type: Article

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