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... 16 chapters a survey is made of nuclear propulsion: "The Structure of the Nucleus and Nuclear Reactions," "Reactor Physics." "The Thermodynamics of Jet and Rocket Propulsion," "The Application of Nuclear Power," "The Nuclear ... ," "Marine Developments in the Nuclear Age," "Nuclear Marine Propulsion," "Some Observations on the Application of Nuclear Power to Aircraft," "Progress in Nuclear Propulsion," "The Limitations of Chemical Rockets and the Possibility of ...

... ., 240 pages, $5.25'' The book discusses jet powerplants and their components, and includes a chapter on "The Rocketjet Powerplant" that covers rocket propulsion, solid and liquid propellants, the Me163, Baka, JATO ...

... laboratory. A Department of Energy goal is to develop fusion technology to produce power at one cent per kilowatt-hour. Concepts have been suggested for fusion propulsion that are very attractive for propulsion ... concepts being pursued for low cost ground power are not the best for propulsion. So, most of the fusion propulsion work is theoretical for now, since there is no mission requirement yet ...

... PROPULSION AND AUXILIARY POWER SYSTEMS''' by LeGalley, D. P. (ed) ''New York, 1960: Academic Press, 442 ... Air Force Ballistic Missile Division, Space Technology Laboratories, Inc., and the Aerospace Corporation. The contents include contributions in the following major fields: propellant technology, ion propulsion, heat transfer and materials, and auxiliary ...

... for Volume 59 59 '''Page ''' - 247-256 '''Year''' - 2006 '''Keywords''' - dispersion forces, propellantless propulsion, electrodynamics in curved space, atom interferometry. '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2006.59.247 ''' ... Strategies to bring a cluster of polarizable particles to a hover in the laboratory and then to transfer thrust to a macroscopic accelerating vehicle are discussed. The ...

... Society for Volume 59 59 '''Page ''' - 99-103 '''Year''' - 2006 '''Keywords''' - aerocapture, electric propulsion, solar sails, interstellar propulsion '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2006.59.99 '''Number of Pages''' - 5 Abstract NASA's In ... -Space Propulsion Technology Program's technology portfolio includes many advanced propulsion systems. From the next-generation ion propulsion systems operating in the 5-10 kW range, to solar sail propulsion, substantial advances in spacecraft propulsion ...

... Generation," "Nuclear Propulsion," "Ion Propulsion," "Magnetofluid-Dynamic Propulsion," "Round-table Discussion," and "Popular Surveys." Subjects considered by individual authors include nuclear rockets (Project Rover), the nuclear ramjet propulsion system, nuclear turbojets, ion propulsion, acceleration and neutralization in electrostatic propulsion systems, electrical propulsion with colloidal materials, the magnetic induction plasma engine, magnetohydrodynamic propulsion, and spacecraft propulsion. Extracted from the 1962 ...

... the present stage of the 21st century, the only practical propulsion system that mankind has is chemical propulsion. However, in momentum thrust propulsion the maximum speed is limited by the product of the ... a physical means to asymmetrically interact with the space vacuum. The fundamental propulsion principle and some candidates of field propulsion systems are discussed herein. '''To BUY this paper click http://www.jbis ...

... using chemical propellants. Viable missions going deeper into interstellar space will be even more demanding. Propulsion systems based on nuclear energy sources, fission or (eventually) fusion offer the best prospect for ... of nuclear energy sources in any engines conceivable in terms of presently known technology. Achievable propulsive power is a particularly limiting factor, since this determines the acceleration that may be obtained ...

... developments such as the Ion Compressed Antimatter Nuclear (ICAN-II) propulsion system proposed by the Pennsylvania State University Center for Space Propulsion Engineering open the way to the possible use of available ... of antiprotons to power antimatter assisted inertial confinement fusion (AAICF) propulsion systems for interstellar missions. Analysis indicates that light weight AAICF propulsion systems with specific impulses in excess of seven hundred thousand ...

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