Helios and prometheus: A solar/nuclear outer-solar system mission

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 439-442

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a   Johnson, Les ^b   Maccone, Claudio ^c  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heliopause; Kuiper Belt objects; Radioisotope electric propulsion; Solar sail

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPULSION; ORBITS; PLANETS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

HELIOPAUSE; KUIPER BELT OBJECTS; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; PROMETHEUS; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS; SOLAR ORBITS; SOLAR SAIL SPACECRAFT; TWO-COMPONENT;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 36549022075     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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