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the potential for high acceleration (a(t)=0.55g(o)) flight in
Earth/moon space.
"The QED Engine System: Direct Electric Fusion-Powered Systems for
Aerospace Flight Propulsion" by Robert W. Bussard, EMC2-1190-03,
available from Energy/Matter Conversion Corp., 9100 A. Center
Street, Manassas, VA 22110.
[This is an introduction to the application of Bussard's version
of the Farnsworth/Hirsch electrostatic confinement fusion
technology to propulsion. 1500<Isp<5000 sec. Farnsworth/Hirsch
demonstrated a 10**10 neutron flux with their device back in
1969 but it was dropped when panic ensued over the surprising
stability of the Soviet Tokamak. Hirsch, responsible for the
panic, has recently recanted and is back working on QED. -- Jim
Bowery]
"PLASMAKtm Star Power for Energy Intensive Space Applications", by
Paul M. Koloc, Eight ANS Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion
Energy, special issue FUSION TECHNOLOGY, March 1989.
Aneutronic energy (fusion with little or negligible neutron
flux) requires plasma pressures and stable confinement times
larger than can be delivered by current approaches. If plasma
pressures appropriate to burn times on the order of milliseconds
could be achieved in aneutronic fuels, then high power densities
and very compact, realtively clean burning engines for space and
other special applications would be at hand. The PLASMAKtm
innovation will make this possible; its unique pressure
efficient structure, exceptional stability, fluid-mechanically
compressible Mantle and direct inductive MHD electric power
conversion advantages are described. Peak burn densities of tens
of megawats per cc give it compactness even in the
multi-gigawatt electric output size. Engineering advantages
indicate a rapid development schedule at very modest cost. [I
strongly recommend that people take this guy seriously. Bob
Hirsch, the primary proponent of the Tokamak, has recently
declared Koloc's PLASMAKtm precursor, the spheromak, to be one
of 3 promising fusion technologies that should be pursued rather
than Tokamak. Aside from the preceeding appeal to authority, the
PLASMAKtm looks like it finally models ball-lightning with solid
MHD physics. -- Jim Bowery]
Retrieve files pub/SPACE/SPACELINK/6.5.2.* from the Ames SPACE
archive; these deal with many aspects of ion drives and describe the
SERT I and II missions, which flight-tested cesium ion thrusters in
the 1960s and 70s. There are numerous references.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (for example, v. 27 no. 1, January
1991 issue). Every so often they publish the proceedings of the
Symposium on Electromagnetic Launcher Technology, including hundreds
of papers on the subject. It's a good look at the state of the art,
though perhaps not a good tutorial for beginners. Anybody know some
good review papers?
"Technical Notes on Nuclear Rockets", by Bruce W. Knight and Donald
Kingsbury, unpublished. May be available from: Donald Kingsbury,
Math Dept., McGill University, PO Box 6070, Station A, Montreal,
Quebec M3C 3G1 Canada.
Starsailing. Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel. Louis Friedman,
Wiley, New York, 1988, 146 pp., paper $9.95. (Not very technical,
but an adequate overview.)
"Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser-Pushed Lightsails
(Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 21, pp. 187-95, Jan.-Feb.
_Tethers and Asteroids for Artificial Gravity Assist in the Solar
System,_ by P.A. Penzo and H.L. Mayer., _Journal of Spacecraft
and Rockets_ for Jan-Feb 1986.
Details how a spacecraft with a kevlar tether of the same mass
can change its velocity by up to slightly less than 1 km/sec. if
it is travelling under that velocity wrt a suitable asteroid.
"Alternate Propulsion Energy Sources", Robert Forward
NTIS AD-B088 771/1 PC A07/MF A01 Dec 83 138p
Keywords: Propulsion energy, metastable helium, free-radical
hydrogen, solar pumped (sic) plasmas, antiproton annihiliation,
ionospheric lasers, solar sails, perforated sails, microwave
sails, quantum fluctuations, antimatter rockets... It's a wide,
if not deep, look at exotic energy sources which might be useful
for space propulsion. It also considers various kinds of laser
propulsion, metallic hydrogen, tethers, and unconventional
nuclear propulsion. The bibliographic information, pointing to
the research on all this stuff, belongs on every daydreamer's
shelf.
Future Magic. Dr. Robert L. Forward, Avon, 1988. ISBN 0-380-89814-4.
Nontechnical discussion of tethers, antimatter, gravity control,
and even futher-out topics.
Deep Black, by William Burrows;
"best modern general book for spysats."
1) A Base For Debate: The US Satellite Station at Nurrungar, Des Ball,
Allen and Unwin Australia, 1987 ISBN 0 04 355027 4 [ covers DSP early
warning satellites]
2) Pine Gap: Australia and the US Geostationary Signals intelligence
satellite program, Des Ball, Allen and Unwin Australia, 1988 ISBN 0 04
363002 5. [covers RHYOLITE/AQUACADE, CHALET/VORTEX, and MAGNUM signals
intelligence satellites]
3) Guardians: Strategic Reconnaissance Satellites, Curtis Peebles, 1987,
Ian Allan, ISBN 0 7110 17654 [ good on MOL, military Salyut and Soviet
satellites, less so on others. Tends to believe what he's told so flaws
in discussion of DSP, RHYOLITE et al..]
4) America's Secret Eyes In Space: The Keyhole Spy Satellite Program,
Jeffrey Richelson, 1990, Harper and Row, ISBN 0 88730 285 8 [ in a class
of its own, the historical reference on the KEYHOLE satellites]
5) Secret Sentries in Space, Philip J Klass, 1971.
"long out of print but well worth a look"
%J Communications of the ACM
%D September 1984
%K Special issue on space [shuttle] computers
%A Myron Kayton

the potential for high acceleration (a(t)=0.55g(o)) flight in

Earth/moon space.

"The QED Engine System: Direct Electric Fusion-Powered Systems for

Aerospace Flight Propulsion" by Robert W. Bussard, EMC2-1190-03,

available from Energy/Matter Conversion Corp., 9100 A. Center

Street, Manassas, VA 22110.

[This is an introduction to the application of Bussard's version

of the Farnsworth/Hirsch electrostatic confinement fusion

technology to propulsion. 1500<Isp<5000 sec. Farnsworth/Hirsch

demonstrated a 10**10 neutron flux with their device back in

1969 but it was dropped when panic ensued over the surprising

stability of the Soviet Tokamak. Hirsch, responsible for the

panic, has recently recanted and is back working on QED. -- Jim

Bowery]

"PLASMAKtm Star Power for Energy Intensive Space Applications", by

Paul M. Koloc, Eight ANS Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion

Energy, special issue FUSION TECHNOLOGY, March 1989.

Aneutronic energy (fusion with little or negligible neutron

flux) requires plasma pressures and stable confinement times

larger than can be delivered by current approaches. If plasma

pressures appropriate to burn times on the order of milliseconds

could be achieved in aneutronic fuels, then high power densities

and very compact, realtively clean burning engines for space and

other special applications would be at hand. The PLASMAKtm

innovation will make this possible; its unique pressure

efficient structure, exceptional stability, fluid-mechanically

compressible Mantle and direct inductive MHD electric power

conversion advantages are described. Peak burn densities of tens

of megawats per cc give it compactness even in the

multi-gigawatt electric output size. Engineering advantages

indicate a rapid development schedule at very modest cost. [I

strongly recommend that people take this guy seriously. Bob

Hirsch, the primary proponent of the Tokamak, has recently

declared Koloc's PLASMAKtm precursor, the spheromak, to be one

of 3 promising fusion technologies that should be pursued rather

than Tokamak. Aside from the preceeding appeal to authority, the

PLASMAKtm looks like it finally models ball-lightning with solid

MHD physics. -- Jim Bowery]

Retrieve files pub/SPACE/SPACELINK/6.5.2.* from the Ames SPACE

archive; these deal with many aspects of ion drives and describe the

SERT I and II missions, which flight-tested cesium ion thrusters in

the 1960s and 70s. There are numerous references.

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (for example, v. 27 no. 1, January

1991 issue). Every so often they publish the proceedings of the

Symposium on Electromagnetic Launcher Technology, including hundreds

of papers on the subject. It's a good look at the state of the art,

though perhaps not a good tutorial for beginners. Anybody know some

good review papers?

"Technical Notes on Nuclear Rockets", by Bruce W. Knight and Donald

Kingsbury, unpublished. May be available from: Donald Kingsbury,

Math Dept., McGill University, PO Box 6070, Station A, Montreal,

Quebec M3C 3G1 Canada.

Starsailing. Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel. Louis Friedman,

Wiley, New York, 1988, 146 pp., paper $9.95. (Not very technical,

but an adequate overview.)

"Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser-Pushed Lightsails

(Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 21, pp. 187-95, Jan.-Feb.

_Tethers and Asteroids for Artificial Gravity Assist in the Solar

System,_ by P.A. Penzo and H.L. Mayer., _Journal of Spacecraft

and Rockets_ for Jan-Feb 1986.

Details how a spacecraft with a kevlar tether of the same mass

can change its velocity by up to slightly less than 1 km/sec. if

it is travelling under that velocity wrt a suitable asteroid.

"Alternate Propulsion Energy Sources", Robert Forward

NTIS AD-B088 771/1 PC A07/MF A01 Dec 83 138p

Keywords: Propulsion energy, metastable helium, free-radical

hydrogen, solar pumped (sic) plasmas, antiproton annihiliation,

ionospheric lasers, solar sails, perforated sails, microwave

sails, quantum fluctuations, antimatter rockets... It's a wide,

if not deep, look at exotic energy sources which might be useful

for space propulsion. It also considers various kinds of laser

propulsion, metallic hydrogen, tethers, and unconventional

nuclear propulsion. The bibliographic information, pointing to

the research on all this stuff, belongs on every daydreamer's

shelf.

Future Magic. Dr. Robert L. Forward, Avon, 1988. ISBN 0-380-89814-4.

Nontechnical discussion of tethers, antimatter, gravity control,

and even futher-out topics.

*Deep Black*, by William Burrows;

"best modern general book for spysats."

1) A Base For Debate: The US Satellite Station at Nurrungar, Des Ball,

Allen and Unwin Australia, 1987 ISBN 0 04 355027 4 [ covers DSP early

warning satellites]

2) Pine Gap: Australia and the US Geostationary Signals intelligence

satellite program, Des Ball, Allen and Unwin Australia, 1988 ISBN 0 04

363002 5. [covers RHYOLITE/AQUACADE, CHALET/VORTEX, and MAGNUM signals

intelligence satellites]

3) Guardians: Strategic Reconnaissance Satellites, Curtis Peebles, 1987,

Ian Allan, ISBN 0 7110 17654 [ good on MOL, military Salyut and Soviet

satellites, less so on others. Tends to believe what he's told so flaws

in discussion of DSP, RHYOLITE et al..]

4) America's Secret Eyes In Space: The Keyhole Spy Satellite Program,

Jeffrey Richelson, 1990, Harper and Row, ISBN 0 88730 285 8 [ in a class

of its own, *the* historical reference on the KEYHOLE satellites]

5) Secret Sentries in Space, Philip J Klass, 1971.

"long out of print but well worth a look"

%J Communications of the ACM

%D September 1984

%K Special issue on space [shuttle] computers

%A Myron Kayton