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Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2008

1 online resource (xiv, 489 p.) : ill

ISBN 9781600864742 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 156347929X

ISBN 9781563479298

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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)922978739