Typical electric engine consists of electric thrustor having propellant feed system, electrical power-conditioning equipment, and electrical power supply; powerplant consists of latter two; general requirements for electric engine, based on manned Mars and unmanned missions, are tabulated; summary of current thrustor and electric powerplant concepts, their development status, and some of problems to be resolved.
Electric propulsion for manned missions
AIAA -- Eng Problems Manned Interplanetary Exploration -- Tech Papers
AIAA -- Engineering Problems of Manned Interplanetary Exploration Meeting ; 1963 Electric propulsion
1963
15 pages
Conference paper
English
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