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Exploring the Solar SystemThis 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).
Document ID
20030065979
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Les Johnson (Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: LibertyCon Science Fiction Convention
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Country: US
Start Date: July 25, 2003
End Date: July 27, 2003
Sponsors: LibertyCon
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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