Flight and spin of microwave-driven sails: First experiments

PPPS 2001 - Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2001

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 548-552

  Benford, James ^a  

^a Microwave Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; MICROWAVES; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; PROBES; SPINNING (FIBERS);

MICROWAVE ABSORPTION; MICROWAVE POWER DENSITY; MICROWAVE-DRIVEN; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; PHOTON REFLECTION; POLARIZATION REVERSALS; REMOTELY CONTROLLING; SCIENCE MISSIONS;

SOLAR SAILS;

EID: 84952056547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PPPS.2001.01002154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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