Realizing "2001: A space odyssey": Piloted spherical torus nuclear fusion propulsion

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Williams, Craig H ^a   Dudzinski, Leonard A ^a   Borowski, Stanley K ^a   Juhasz, Albert J ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FUSION REACTORS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC NOZZLES; NOZZLE DESIGN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; ORBITS; PROPULSION;

ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY; CONCEPTUAL VEHICLE DESIGN; FUSION REACTOR DESIGNS; NUCLEAR FUSION REACTORS; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL ASPECT RATIO; TOROIDAL FIELD COILS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 85087601590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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