Antimatter assisted inertial confinement fusion propulsion systems for interstellar missions

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 429-433

  Halyard, R J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; NASA;

EXHAUST VELOCITY; HIGH THRUSTS; INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS; ORBITAL MISSIONS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SPACE PROPULSIONS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34249028848     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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