The Vasimr engine approach to solar system exploration

39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Chang Díaz, Franklin R ^a   Squire, Tared P ^a   Bering III, Edgar A ^b   George, Jeffrey A ^a   Ilin, Andrew V ^a   Petro, Andrew J ^a   Cassady, Leonard ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC EXPANSION; DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING; PLASMA ACCELERATION; SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION; VARIABLE SPECIFIC IMPULSE MAGNETOPLASMA ROCKETS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HELICONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MAGNETIC NOZZLES; NASA; PLASMA STABILITY; ROCKETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 84897848181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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