Interstellar Probe using a Solar Sail. Conceptual Design and Technological Challenges

COSPAR Colloquia Series

Volumn 11, Issue C, 2001, Pages 411-420

  Liewer, P C ^a   Mewaldt, R A ^b   Ayon, J A ^a   Garner, C ^a   Gavit, S ^a   Wallace, R A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77957075263     PISSN: 09642749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-2749(01)80097-4     Document Type: Chapter

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