Some thermonuclear power plants as the possible sources of He3 for space propulsion systems

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 180-187

  Shmatov, M L ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fast ignition; He3; Nuclear pulse propulsion; Thermonuclear power plant

Indexed keywords

FAST IGNITION; MICRO EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR PULSE PROPULSION; SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEM;

NUCLEAR PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34247545676     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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