Beamed energy for fast space transport

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Anderson, John L ^a   Rather, John D G ^a   Powell, James R ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PLANETS; PROPULSION; SPACECRAFT;

ENERGY CAPABILITY; ENERGY OPTIONS; FAST TRANSPORT; FUSION ENGINES; INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL; LASER POWER BEAMING; PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE; SPACE CAPABILITIES;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84961880590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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