Beamed energy propulsion : Second International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion, Sendai, Japan 20-23 October 2003

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Beamed energy propulsion : Second International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion, Sendai, Japan 20-23 October 2003

editor, Kimiya Komurasaki

(AIP conference proceedings, 702)

American Institute of Physics, c2004

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Papers presented at the Second International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion demonstrated that this field is getting more active and has advanced considerably since last year. Japan demonstrated a microwave rocket using a 1MW gyrotron and China produced a laser launcher. Topics include: fluid dynamics in laser propulsion; ablative laser propulsion; microwave propulsion; mission proposal and analysis; hybrid systems and new concepts; beam transmission and reception; beam generation.

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