Accession Number:

AD0607265

Title:

A STUDY OF ELECTRICAL PROPULSION IN THE SPACE PROGRAM,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Pinkel,Benjamin
• Trapp,Donald L.

Report Date:

1964-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

Electrical propulsion systems in space flight is compared with other systems, particularly for the parameters of specific mass and operational endurance. Reliability, developmental time, and costs of elective propulsion is discussed.

Descriptors:

• *SPACE PROPULSION
• SPACE FLIGHT
• ELECTRIC PROPULSION
• SPACECRAFT
• MANNED SPACECRAFT
• LUNAR CRAFT
• LOGISTICS
• SPACE PROBES
• MARS(PLANET)
• PAYLOAD
• WEIGHT
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• RELIABILITY
• RANKINE CYCLE
• NUCLEAR PROPULSION

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE