NASA is investigating the feasibility of conducting extra-solar and interstellar missions over the next 10 to 50 years. An assessment of technologies supporting these near and far term objectives is required. To help meet these objectives the Principal Investigator assessed the feasibility of candidate propulsion systems for the proposed 'Interstellar Probe', a mission to send a spacecraft to the Heliopause at 250 AU and beyond.
Interstellar Propulsion Concepts Assessment
2000
21 pages
Report
No indication
English
Unmanned Spacecraft , Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Astronautics , Rocket Engines & Motors , Solar Energy , Assessments , Propulsion system configurations , Spacecraft configurations , Propulsion system performance , Solar collectors , Electricity , Ion propulsion , Kuiper belt , Solar system , Sampling , Mission planning , Space probes