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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    Title :

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


    Contributors:

    Conference:

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


    Published in:

    AIP Conference Proceedings ; 702 , 1 ; 251-262


    Publication date :

    2004-03-30


    Size :

    12 pages





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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