A rlativistic laser-accelerated plasma thruster for space propulsion

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Horisawa, Hideyuki ^a   Kuramoto, Hideaki ^a   Emura, Hajime ^a   Uchida, Naoki ^a   Kimura, Itsuro ^a,b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL APPLICATIONS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; PRIMARY PROPULSION; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SPACE PROPULSIONS; SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY;

ATTITUDE CONTROL;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84896693844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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