Use of parabolic solar concentrators to improve the performance of an interstellar solar sail

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-22

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARABOLIC CONCENTRATORS; STARSHIP; STATIONARY POSITIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 38749150815     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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