Ion propulsion system design for the comet nucleus sample return mission

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Brophy, John R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; ION PROPULSION; PLANETS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; ENGINE TECHNOLOGY; ION PROPULSION SYSTEMS; MARS SAMPLE RETURN; POWER PROCESSING UNITS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT;

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EID: 84896441551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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