An overview of the Nuclear Electric Xenon Ion System (NEXIS) program

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Polk, J E ^a   Goebel, D ^a   Brophy, J R ^a   Beatty, J ^a   Monheiser, J ^b   Giles, D ^b   Hobson, D ^b   Wilson, F ^b   Christensen, J ^c   De Pano, M ^c   Hart, S ^c   Ohlinger, W ^d   Hill, D N ^e   Williams, J ^f   Wilbur, P ^f   Laufer, D M ^f   Farnell, C ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AEROJET ROCKETDYNE   (United States)

^c Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology ^*

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; APERTURE DIAMETER; DISCHARGE CHAMBER; EROSION RESISTANT; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; PROPULSION APPLICATIONS; PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; THROUGHPUT CAPABILITY;

EFFICIENCY; ION PROPULSION; NASA; SOLAR ENERGY;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84897809141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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