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Laser propulsion activity in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Michaelis, MM
dc.contributor.author Forbes, A
dc.contributor.author Klopper, W
dc.contributor.author Bencherif, H
dc.contributor.author Jolivet, S
dc.contributor.author Moorgawa, R
dc.contributor.author McKenzie, E
dc.contributor.author Turner, G
dc.date.accessioned 2007-07-23T08:52:30Z
dc.date.available 2007-07-23T08:52:30Z
dc.date.issued 2006-07
dc.identifier.citation Michaelis, MM, et al. 2006. Laser propulsion activity in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, vol. 102, pp 296-300 en
dc.identifier.issn 0038-2353
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1015
dc.description Copyright: 2006 Academy of Science of South Africa en
dc.description.abstract Three sets of laser propulsion experiments have been conducted in South Africa. The first, on the MLIS kilowatt CO2 laser at Pelindaba, gave a surprisingly good result but could not be repeated after the laser chain was dismantled when South Africa’s uranium isotope programme was closed. The second, conducted with a kilowatt CO2 laser module, produced unexpectedly weak propulsion. The reasons for the discrepancy between the two experiments are given. In the third experiment, hybrid solar and laser propulsion was tested: laser momentum coupling was enhanced as a result of generation of a dusty plasma by the concentrated solar energy. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Academy of Science of South Africa en
dc.subject Laser propulsion en
dc.subject MLIS kilowatt CO2 laser en
dc.subject Low earth orbit en
dc.subject LEO en
dc.subject Molecular laser isotope separation en
dc.title Laser propulsion activity in South Africa en
dc.type Article en
dc.identifier.apacitation Michaelis, M., Forbes, A., Klopper, W., Bencherif, H., Jolivet, S., Moorgawa, R., ... Turner, G. (2006). Laser propulsion activity in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1015 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Michaelis, MM, A Forbes, W Klopper, H Bencherif, S Jolivet, R Moorgawa, E McKenzie, and G Turner "Laser propulsion activity in South Africa." (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1015 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Michaelis M, Forbes A, Klopper W, Bencherif H, Jolivet S, Moorgawa R, et al. Laser propulsion activity in South Africa. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1015. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Michaelis, MM AU - Forbes, A AU - Klopper, W AU - Bencherif, H AU - Jolivet, S AU - Moorgawa, R AU - McKenzie, E AU - Turner, G AB - Three sets of laser propulsion experiments have been conducted in South Africa. The first, on the MLIS kilowatt CO2 laser at Pelindaba, gave a surprisingly good result but could not be repeated after the laser chain was dismantled when South Africa’s uranium isotope programme was closed. The second, conducted with a kilowatt CO2 laser module, produced unexpectedly weak propulsion. The reasons for the discrepancy between the two experiments are given. In the third experiment, hybrid solar and laser propulsion was tested: laser momentum coupling was enhanced as a result of generation of a dusty plasma by the concentrated solar energy. DA - 2006-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Laser propulsion KW - MLIS kilowatt CO2 laser KW - Low earth orbit KW - LEO KW - Molecular laser isotope separation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Laser propulsion activity in South Africa TI - Laser propulsion activity in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1015 ER - en_ZA


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