NASA recognizes the benefits of advanced propulsion and NASA's Office of Space Access and Technology supports an aggressive On-Board Propulsion program, including a strong electric propulsion element, to assure the availability of high performance propulsion systems to meet the goals of the ambitious missions envisioned in the next two decades. The program scope ranges from fundamental research for future generation systems through specific insertion efforts aimed at near term technology transfer. The On-Board propulsion program is committed to carrying technologies to levels required for customer acceptance and emphasizes direct interactions with the user community and the development of commercial sources. This paper provides a discussion of anticipated missions, propulsion functions, and electric propulsion impacts followed by an overview of the electric propulsion element of the NASA On-Board Propulsion program.
Electric Propulsion Applications and Impacts
1996
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Electric & Ion Propulsion , Rocket Engines & Motors , Space Technology , Arc jet engines , Electric propulsion , Electric rocket engines , Mass drivers , Propulsion system configurations , Space missions , Commercial spacecraft , Communication satellites , Launch vehicles , Propulsion system performance , Range (Extremes) , Spacecraft launching , Technology transfer
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