Red giants and solar sails

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Matloff, Gregory L ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant star; Interstellar migration; Solar sail

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856530744     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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