Propulsion options for interstellar exploration

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Johnson, L ^a   Leifer, S ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MATERIALS HANDLING; NASA; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

ADVANCED PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; ASTRONOMICAL UNITS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; INTERSTELLAR EXPLORATION; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; THIN FILM MATERIAL;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84876595716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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7. th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, June 20-24, 1999.
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