This viewgraph presentation reviews a number of advanced propulsion technologies for interplanetary spacecraft. The objective of the In Space Propulsion Technology Projects Office is to develop in-space propulsion technologies that can enable and/or benefit near and mid-term NASA science missions by significantly reducing cost, mass, and/or travel times. The technologies profiled are divided into several categories: High Priority (aerocapture, next generation ion propulsion, solar sails); Medium Priority (advanced chemical propulsion, solar electric propulsion, Hall thrusters); Low Priority (solar thermal propulsion); and High Payoff/High Risk (1 g/sq m solar sails, momentum exchange tethers, and plasma sails).


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    Title :

    Advanced In-Space Propulsion: "Exploring the Solar System"


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    LibertyCon Science Fiction Convention ; 2003 ; Chattanooga, TN, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English