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Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020 [electronic resource] / edited by Claudio Bruno, Antonio G. Accettura. - Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2008. - xiv, 489 p. : ill. - Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 223 . - Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 223. .

"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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Space vehicles--Propulsion systems.
Propulsion systems.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TL782 / .A33 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 629.475