Conception of using the fission energy for photon rocket engines is proposed. Stationary and pulsed regimes of operating for such engines are discussed. Some analytical estimations have been made to illustrate the possibility of the flight to the planet Pluto using the photon engine of small photon thrust.


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    Title :

    Light propulsion for space flight



    Conference:

    Space technology and applications international forum -1999 ; 1999 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 458 , 1 ; 1232-1236


    Publication date :

    1999-01-22


    Size :

    5 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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