Benefits of nuclear electric propulsion for outer planet exploration

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Woodcock, Gordon ^a   Kos, Larry ^b   Johnson, Les ^b   Jones, Jonathan ^b   Trausch, Ann ^b   Eberle, Bill ^a  

^a Gray Research Inc   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL PROPULSION; NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS; SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; TRAJECTORY PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER TRAJECTORY;

PLANETS;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 84896844181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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