Project icarus: Son of daedalus - Flying closer to another star

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 62, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 403-414

  Long, K F ^a   Fogg, M ^a   Obousy, R ^a   Tziolas, A ^a   Mann, A ^a   Osborne, R ^a   Presby, A ^a  

^a City Mills Lock Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daedalus project; Fusion propulsion; Interstellar flight

Indexed keywords

DAEDALUS PROJECT; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; DESIGN STUDIES; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FUSION PROPULSION; INTERSTELLAR EXPLORATION; INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT; THEORETICAL ENGINEERING;

STARS;

DESIGN;

EID: 77956566390     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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