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Advanced plasma propulsion for human missions to jupiter
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Pearson, J. Boise Donahue, Benjamin B. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | This paper will briefly identify a promising fusion plasma power source, which when coupled with a promising electric thruster technology would provide for an efficient interplanetary transfer craft suitable to a 4 year round trip mission to the Jovian system. An advanced, nearly radiation free Inertial Electrostatic Confinement scheme for containing fusion plasma was judged as offering potential for delivering the performance and operational benefits needed for such high energy human expedition missions, without requiring heavy superconducting magnets for containment of the fusion plasma. Once the Jovian transfer stage has matched the heliocentric velocity of Jupiter, the energy requirements for excursions to its outer satellites (Callisto, Ganymede and Europa) by smaller excursion craft are not prohibitive. The overall propulsion, power and thruster system is briefly described and a preliminary vehicle mass statement is presented. |
| File Size | 389489 |
| Page Count | 6 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20000013636 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2f81962w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Plasma Power Sources Superconducting Magnets Energy Requirements Jupiter Planet Fusion Propulsion Plasma Control Plasma Propulsion Callisto Europa Electrostatic Propulsion Magnetoplasmadynamics Inertial Confinement Fusion Ganymede Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
