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Image:Lockheed_astro.jpg 300px Lockheed Astrocommuter concept art (1964) designed by Saunders Kramer Category:Spacecraft

... Society for Volume 59 59 '''Page ''' - 99-103 '''Year''' - 2006 '''Keywords''' - aerocapture, electric propulsion, solar sails, interstellar propulsion '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2006.59.99 '''Number of Pages''' - 5 Abstract NASA's In ... -Space Propulsion Technology Program's technology portfolio includes many advanced propulsion systems. From the next-generation ion propulsion systems operating in the 5-10 kW range, to solar sail propulsion, substantial advances in spacecraft propulsion ...

... Generation," "Nuclear Propulsion," "Ion Propulsion," "Magnetofluid-Dynamic Propulsion," "Round-table Discussion," and "Popular Surveys." Subjects considered by individual authors include nuclear rockets (Project Rover), the nuclear ramjet propulsion system, nuclear turbojets, ion propulsion, acceleration and neutralization in electrostatic propulsion systems, electrical propulsion with colloidal materials, the magnetic induction plasma engine, magnetohydrodynamic propulsion, and spacecraft propulsion. Extracted from the 1962 ...

... developments such as the Ion Compressed Antimatter Nuclear (ICAN-II) propulsion system proposed by the Pennsylvania State University Center for Space Propulsion Engineering open the way to the possible use of available ... of antiprotons to power antimatter assisted inertial confinement fusion (AAICF) propulsion systems for interstellar missions. Analysis indicates that light weight AAICF propulsion systems with specific impulses in excess of seven hundred thousand ...

... the present stage of the 21st century, the only practical propulsion system that mankind has is chemical propulsion. However, in momentum thrust propulsion the maximum speed is limited by the product of the ... a physical means to asymmetrically interact with the space vacuum. The fundamental propulsion principle and some candidates of field propulsion systems are discussed herein. '''To BUY this paper click http://www.jbis ...

... right '''Rocket Propulsion Establishment, Westcott Buckinghamshire England''' Image:Westcott_1947.jpg thumb right '''Inside the Rocket Propulsion Establishment (circa 1947)''' Image:Westcott1947b.jpg thumb right '''V-2 in the Rocket Propulsion Establishment (circa ... Propellants, Explosives and Rocket Motor Establishment. Image:Westcott.gif thumb '''Aerial photograph showing the Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott in Buckinghamshire England, demonstrating the construction of facilities between 1947 and 1952 ...

Image:Bucephalus_1964.jpg 300px Cutaway concept art of Lockheed Bucephalus space station (1964) Category:Spacecraft

... using chemical propellants. Viable missions going deeper into interstellar space will be even more demanding. Propulsion systems based on nuclear energy sources, fission or (eventually) fusion offer the best prospect for ... of nuclear energy sources in any engines conceivable in terms of presently known technology. Achievable propulsive power is a particularly limiting factor, since this determines the acceleration that may be obtained ...

... Interplanetary Society for Volume 60 60 '''Page ''' - 268-274 '''Year''' - 2007 '''Keywords''' - Coulomb force, Hybrid propulsion, Spacecraft swarms, Formation flying '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2007.60.268 '''Number of Pages''' - 7 Abstract ... in swarms and reports the first results of a novel hybrid propulsion system recently developed for close- proximity motion. This hybrid propulsion system takes advantage of Coulomb spacecraft charging, saving on fuel ...

... -70 '''Year''' - 2012 '''Keywords''' - Metal, powder, fuel, ISRU, propulsion '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2012.65.61 '''Number of Pages''' - 10 Abstract Metal powder propulsion systems have been addressed intermittently since the Second World War, initially in the field of underwater propulsion where research in the application of propelling torpedoes continues until this day. During the post ...

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