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.


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    Title :

    Electric propulsion for manned missions


    Additional title:

    AIAA -- Eng Problems Manned Interplanetary Exploration -- Tech Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA -- Engineering Problems of Manned Interplanetary Exploration Meeting ; 1963 Electric propulsion



    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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