A Study of Variable Thrust, Variable Specific Impulse Trajectories for Solar System Exploration

A study has been performed to determine the advantages and disadvantages of variable thrust and variable specific impulse (Isp) trajectories for solar system exploration. There have been several numerical research efforts for variable thrust, variable Isp, power-limited trajectory optimization prob...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sakai, Tadashi
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4904