An overview of the NASA Advanced Propulsion Concepts program

Conference · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6907620

Curran, F M; Bennett, G L; Frisbee, R H; Sercel, J C; Lapointe, M R ^[1]

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1. NASA, Washington (United States) JPL, Pasadena, CA (United States) Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Brook Park, OH (United States) NASA, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH (United States)

NASA Advanced Propulsion Concepts (APC) program for the development of long-term space propulsion system schemes is managed by both NASA-Lewis and the JPL and is tasked with the identification and conceptual development of high-risk/high-payoff configurations. Both theoretical and experimental investigations have been undertaken in technology areas deemed essential to the implementation of candidate concepts. These APC candidates encompass very high energy density chemical propulsion systems, advanced electric propulsion systems, and an antiproton-catalyzed nuclear propulsion concept. A development status evaluation is presented for these systems. 45 refs.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6907620
• Report Number(s): AIAA-Paper-92-3216; CONF-920747-
• Resource Relation: Conference: 28. joint propulsion conference, Nashville, TN (United States), 6-8 Jul 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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