Beamed energy propulsion
Subtitle: Second International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion : Sendai, Japan, 20-23 October 2003
By: editor, Kimiya Komurasaki ; sponsoring organizations, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ... [et al.].
Contributors: Komurasaki, Kimiya.; Uchū Kōkū Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō.
Series: AIP conference proceedings -- v. 702.; AIP conference proceedings -- no. 702.
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Melville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
Subjects: Space vehicles -- Propulsion systems -- Congresses; Particle beams -- Industrial applications -- Congresses; Lasers in astronautics -- Congresses; Rocket engines -- Thrust -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Second International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Special lecture : Progress of power laser and its application to space / S. Nakai; title: Fluid dynamics in laser propulsion; title: Ablative propulsion; title: Mission proposal and analysis; title: Beam transmission and reception; title: Beam generation; title: Microwave propulsion; title: Hybrid systems and new concepts.