A proposed development program for the heat exchanger thruster and a parallel program for other key elements of a laser launch system are described. The HX thruster will be tested with different working fluids (hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, water) and power sources, and at scales from a few kW up to megawatts. Subscale launch vehicles can be tested with a variety of existing lasers, including LHMEL II and MIRACL. Laser and system development is simplified by designing around a “beam module” containing a modest‐power laser and beam director, which can be replicated to produce any desired total power.


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    Titel :

    Development Programs for the Heat Exchanger Thruster and HX Laser Launch System


    Beteiligte:
    Kare, Jordin T. (Autor:in) / Komurasaki, Kimiya (Herausgeber:in)

    Kongress:

    BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: Second International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion ; 2003 ; Sendai (JAPAN)


    Erschienen in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 702 , 1 ; 251-262


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    30.03.2004


    Format / Umfang :

    12 pages





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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