This paper demonstrates that,barring breakthroughs, co-related progress in the fields of in-space propulsion, fabrication and repair will ultimately lead to the capability of expanding human exploration and civilization towards the nearest extra-solar star system. The major focus of this paper is the connectivity of on-going in-space propulsion research performed by the In-Space Propulsion (ISP) Technology Project at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to in-space fabrication and repair prospects. ISP is an outgrowth of the NASA Interstellar Initiative of the late 1990's. It has broadened its initial focus from a concentration on the solar-photon sail to include aerocapture, advanced solar-electric propulsion (SEP), solar-thermal propulsion (STP), advanced chemical propulsion and tethers, as well as the solar sail.


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    Title :

    Strategic Roadmap to Centauri


    Contributors:
    L. Johnson (author) / G. L. Matloff (author) / T. Taylor (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    46 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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