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39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Patterson, Michael J ^a   Foster, John E ^a   Haag, Thomas W ^a   Soulas, George C ^a   Pastel, Michael R ^b   Roman, Robert F ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STATUS; EFFECTIVE AREA; ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTERS; GLENN RESEARCH CENTER; MECHANICAL FEATURE; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; THROUGHPUT CAPABILITY;

PROPULSION;

NASA;

EID: 84897586005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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