Interstellar flight by particle beam

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 931-934

  Landis, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC REPULSIONS; INTERSTELLAR DUST; INTERSTELLAR PROPULSIONS; LASER-PROPELLED LIGHTSAILS;

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE BEAMS; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 4344659384     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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