Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020 [electronic resource] / edited by Claudio Bruno, Antonio G. Accettura.
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TextSeries: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 223.Publication details: Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2008.Description: xiv, 489 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 629.475 22
- TL782 .A33 2008eb
"Commissioned by the European Space Agency"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Advanced solid rocket motors -- Advanced cryogenic engines -- Advanced LOX-HC engines for boosters and upper stages -- LOX-hydrocarbon engines in Russia -- Green propellants -- Green propellants in Russia -- Miniaturized propulsion -- Solar thermal propulsion for upper stages -- Electric-propulsion systems -- Superconductivity -- The case for nuclear propulsion : the Rubbia's engine -- VASIMR prefeasibility analysis -- Laser propulsion systems -- Mass accelerators : Maglev and Railguns -- Solar sails : propellantless propulsion for near- and medium-term deep-space missions -- In situ resource utilization.
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