Spacecraft Propulsion: New Methods
Abstract
Cosmic plasmas contain energy which may be tapped and used for spacecraft propulsion. The energy needed for launching a spacecraft could be supplied to it from the ground through a plasma channel in the atmosphere.
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Volume 176 | Issue 4031
14 April 1972
14 April 1972
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1972 the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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