TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bruno,Claudio
AU  - Accettura,Antonio G.
ED  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
ED  - European Space Agency.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020
T2  - Progress in astronautics and aeronautics
AV  - TL782 .A33 2008
U1  - 629.475 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Reston, Va.
PB  - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
KW  - Space vehicles
KW  - Propulsion systems
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - "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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3111453
ER  -