Innnovative interstellar exploer

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2723-2735

  Gruntman, M ^a   McNutt Jr , R L ^b   Gold, R E ^b   Krimigis, S M ^b   Roelof, E C ^b   Gloeckler, G ^c   Koehn, P L ^c   Kurth, W S ^d   Oleson, S R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCE; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS (NEP); PROPULSIVE MANEUVER; SOLAR SAILS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34248995868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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