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In-situ propellant rocket engines for Mars mission ascent vehicle [PDF]
When comtemplating the human exploration of Mars, many scenarios using various propulsion systems have been considered. One propulsion option among them is a vehicle stage with multiple, pump fed rocket engines capable of operating on propellants ...
Roncace, Elizabeth A.
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Concepts for the design of an antimatter annihilation rocket [PDF]
Matter-antimatter annihilation is considered for spacecraft propulsion. Annihilation produces considerably more energy per unit mass of propellant than any other known means of energy production. An antimatter annihilation rocket requires several systems
Morgan, D. L., Jr.
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Electric propulsion technology [PDF]
The advanced electric propulsion program is directed towards lowering the specific impulse and increasing the thrust per unit of ion thruster systems. In addition, electrothermal and electromagnetic propulsion technologies are being developed to attempt ...
Finke, R. C.
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Reusable rocket engine intelligent control system framework design, phase 2 [PDF]
Elements of an advanced functional framework for reusable rocket engine propulsion system control are presented for the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) demonstration case.
Anderson, Ron +3 more
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A cermet fuel reactor for nuclear thermal propulsion [PDF]
Work on the cermet fuel reactor done in the 1960's by General Electric (GE) and the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) that had as its goal the development of systems that could be used for nuclear rocket propulsion as well as closed cycle propulsion ...
Kruger, Gordon
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Advanced Nanomaterials and Energetic Application: Experiment and Simulation. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Pang W, Trache D, Zhang K.
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Advanced oxygen-hydrocarbon rocket engine study [PDF]
Preliminary identification and evaluation of promising liquid oxygen/ hydrocarbon (LO2/HC) rocket engine cycles is reported. A consistent and reliable data base for vehicle optimization and design studies, to demonstrate the significance of propulsion ...
Obrien, C. J.
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A dynamic simulation approach to optimize thrust regulation in electric pump-fed rocket engines. [PDF]
Sci RepLi T, He H, Yu N, Sun X, Cai G.
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