“2001: A space odyssey” revisited-the feasibility of 24 hour commuter flights to the moon using NTR propulsion with LUNOX afterburners

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Borowski, Stanley K ^a   Dudzinski, Leonard A ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERBURNERS (ENGINE); AFTERBURNERS (OVEN); EARTH (PLANET); ENGINES; GLASS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LUNAR LANDING; MOON; NASA; NOZZLES; ORBITS; OXYGEN; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SOIL TESTING; VEHICLES; VOLCANOES;

DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; LUNAR TRANSFER VEHICLES; MISSION ARCHITECTURES; NUCLEAR THERMAL ROCKETS; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; SHUTTLE-DERIVED LAUNCH VEHICLES; SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 84962815625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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