Experimental studies of the exhaust plasma of the VASIMR Engine

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Bering III, Edgar A ^a   Brukardt, Michael ^b   Chang Diaz, Franklin R ^c   Squire, Jared P ^c   Jacobson, Verlin ^c   Bengtson, Roger D ^d   Gibson, Jason N ^d   Glovern, Timothy W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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