NEXT ion propulsion system development status and performance

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1913-1929

  Patterson, Michael J ^a,b,c   Benson, Scott W ^a,c,d  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Propulsion and Propellants Branch   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Science Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING MODEL; NASA'S EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER (NEXT);

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NASA; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SPACE FLIGHT;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 36749006766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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