Hybrids of solar sail, solar electric, and solar thermal propulsion for solar-system exploration

Wilcox, Brian H.

dc.contributor.author	Wilcox, Brian H.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-18T21:34:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-18T21:34:37Z
dc.date.issued	2012-03-03
dc.identifier.citation	2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 3-10, 2012	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	12-0469
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/45007
dc.description.abstract	Solar sails have long been known to be an attractive method of propulsion in the inner solar system if the areal density of the overall spacecraft (S/C) could be reduced to ~10 g/m². It has also long been recognized that the figure (precise shape) of useful solar sails needs to be reasonably good, so that the reflected light goes mostly in the desired direction.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012	en_US
dc.subject	In-space Propulsion	en_US
dc.title	Hybrids of solar sail, solar electric, and solar thermal propulsion for solar-system exploration	en_US
dc.type	Preprint	en_US