NASA's 2004 hall thruster program

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Jacobson, David T ^a   Manzella, David H ^a   Hofer, Richard R ^b   Peterson, Peter Y ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; FISCAL YEARS; HALL THRUSTERS; HIGH-POWER; PROJECT PROMETHEUS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPACE TRANSPORTATIONS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS;

NASA; PROPULSION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77957841397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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