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ISBN-10 :  3319229188 

ISBN-13 : 9783319229188

Author: Franklin Chang Díaz, Erik Seedhouse 

As advanced in-space propulsion moves from science fiction to reality, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, or VASIMR® engine, is a leading contender for making ‘Mars in a month’ a possibility. A paradigm shift in space transportation, this book is an in-depth and compelling story co-written by its inventor. It traces the riveting history of the development of the VASIMR® engine. This landmark technology is grounded in concepts of advanced plasma physics. It cross-pollinates ideas and disciplines to offer a new, practical, and sustainable solution for in-space transportation beyond low Earth orbit in the decades to come. Invented by the co-holder of the world’s spaceflight record, astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz, the VASIMR®  engine is developed by Ad Astra Rocket Company in its Texas facilities with NASA as part of the NextSTEP VASIMR® partnership. With adequate funding, the first spaceflight of the VASIMR® engine is imminent. Plasma rockets feature exhaust velocities far above those achievable by conventional chemical rockets. The VASIMR® engine is the most advanced high-power plasma propulsion system operating in the world today and it may place long, fast interplanetary journeys withinour reach in the near future.

To Mars and Beyond Fast How Plasma Propulsion Will Revolutionize Space Exploration 1st Table of contents:

1: The Nautilus paradigm
A Nautilus for space
Nuclear-thermal or nuclear-electric?
Electric propulsion: a path from solar to nuclear
2: A Fast Track to Deep Space
A time for change
Charting the global path to space exploration
3: Early VASIMR® Development
The realm of plasma physics
Space electric power
Electric propulsion and plasma rockets
A meeting of two cultures
The electric propulsion community
From theory to experiment
Reference
4: Probing the Physics
Seeking cultural convergence
From tragedy, change
A new VASIMR® home in Texas
Home at last – sort OF…
Exploring VASIMR® trajectories to Mars
Plasma with room to grow
From competition to collaboration
Reference
5: The Breakthroughs
The helicon plasma source
The team looks skyward
Team consolidation and international expansion
The gathering storm
The VASIMR® peer review
Review conclusions and the way forward
References
6: A New Company is Born
A painful separation, a time to look forward
Sole survivor
A new home
The VX-200
Reference
7: The VX-200 and the Path to Commercialization
From rocket science to financial innovation
Probing the VX-200TM performance envelope
The rocky road to the ISS
8: A Bridge to the Future
The VASIMR® orbital sweeper
The OcelotTM solar-Electric power and propulsion module
Building a cislunar transportation scaffolding
In-space resources
Fast deliveries to the depths of the solar system
References
9: Mission Threats and Potential Solutions
The risks of venturing further afield
Life support and crew safety
References
10: The VASIMR® Nuclear-Electric Mission Architecture
First VASIMR® optimal trajectories under variable ISP
Early abort scenarios
Further model improvements: Copernicus

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