AIMSTAR: Antimatter initiated microfusion for pre-cursor interstellar missions

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Gaidos, G ^a   Lewis, R A ^a   Meyer, K ^a   Schmidt, T ^a   Smith, G A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPULSION;

INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS; MICROFUSION; MISSION PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR FUSION; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS;

ENGINES;

EID: 84963795571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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