Marrese-Reading, Colleen; Sengupta, Anita; Frisbee, Robert; Polk, Jay; Capelli, Mark; Boyd, Iain; Keidar, Michael; Tverdokhlebov, Sergey; Semenkin, Sasha; Markusic, Tom; Yalin, Azer; Knowles, Timothy
(Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005., 2005-07)
In the Very High Isp Thruster with Anode Layer (VHITAL) Program the performance, plume and lifetime capability of the radiatively-cooled two stage, bismuth-fueled VHITAL-160 will be characterized in the US and Russia.