Fusion, antimatter and the space drive: Charting a path to the stars

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Long, K F ^a  

^a City Mills Lock Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimatter propulsion; Fusion rockets; Interstellar flight; Space drive

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS; INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; PROPULSION CONCEPT; RESEARCH MANAGEMENT; ROBOTIC EXPLORATIONS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MOON; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

STARS;

EID: 67650150142     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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