Author: Scott A. CarpenterPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Fourth Design Principle for Application of Fusion Power to Space Propulsion
Author: Scott A. CarpenterFusion Energy in Space Propulsion
Author: Terry KammashPublisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
This text provides a collection of the original ideas of many of the leading engineers, scientists, and fusion energy specialists. The specific intent of the collection is to explore the possibility of using fusion energy in advanced and future propulsion systems so that suitable space transportation can be developed, enhanced, and perfected.
Applying Design Principles to Fusion Reactor Configurations for Propulsion in Space
Author: Scott A. CarpenterFusion Energy for Space Missions in the 21st Century
Author: Norman R. SchulzePublisher:
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Category : Nuclear fusion
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Fusion Energy for Space Missions in the 21st Century
Author: Norman R. SchulzePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear fusion
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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International Aerospace Abstracts
Author: Fusion Energy in Space Propulsion
Author: Terry KammashPublisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
ISBN: 9781563471841
Category : Controlled fusion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This text provides a collection of the original ideas of many of the leading engineers, scientists, and fusion energy specialists. The specific intent of the collection is to explore the possibility of using fusion energy in advanced and future propulsion systems so that suitable space transportation can be developed, enhanced, and perfected.
Fusion Energy for Space
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722412067
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This proposed program is to initiate a space flight research and development program to develop fusion energy for the space applications of direct space propulsion and direct space power, that is, a Space Fusion Energy (SFE) program. 'Direct propulsion' refers to the use of plasma energy directly for thrust without requiring other energy conversion systems. Further, to provide space missions with large electrical power, 'direct space power' is proposed whereby the direct conversion of charged particles into electricity is used, thereby avoiding thermal conversion system losses. The energy release from nuclear fusion reactions makes these highly efficient, high power space systems possible. The program as presented conducts in an orderly, hierarchical manner the necessary planning, analyses, and testing to demonstrate the practical use of fusion energy for space. There is nothing discussed that is known to be theoretically impossible. Validation of the engineering principles is sought in this program which uses a cost-benefit approach. Upon successful program completion, space will become more accessible and space missions more safely conducted. The country will have taken a giant step toward the commercialization of space. The mission enabling capability provided by fusion energy is well beyond mission planners' current dreams. Schulze, Norman R. Unspecified Center...
Deep Space Propulsion
Author: K. F. LongPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461406072
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors and at the technologies we are developing to build space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars. In order to reach the nearest stars, we must first develop a propulsion technology that would take our robotic probes there in a reasonable time. Such propulsion technology has radically different requirements from conventional chemical rockets, because of the enormous distances that must be crossed. Surprisingly, many propulsion schemes for interstellar travel have been suggested and await only practical engineering solutions and the political will to make them a reality. This is a result of the tremendous advances in astrophysics that have been made in recent decades and the perseverance and imagination of tenacious theoretical physicists. This book explores these different propulsion schemes – all based on current physics – and the challenges they present to physicists, engineers, and space exploration entrepreneurs. This book will be helpful to anyone who really wants to understand the principles behind and likely future course of interstellar travel and who wants to recognizes the distinctions between pure fantasy (such as Star Trek’s ‘warp drive’) and methods that are grounded in real physics and offer practical technological solutions for exploring the stars in the decades to come.
Fusion Energy for Space
Author: Norman R. SchulzePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear fusion
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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