Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020 / edited by Claudio Bruno, Antonio G. Accettura.
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| Superior document: | Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 223 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ;
v. 223. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 489 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | "Commissioned by the European Space Agency"--P. [4] of cover. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.