SUBLIMING MICROTHRUSTERS
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are studying subliming solid-fuel thrusters to maneuver planned microlight (up-to-15-kg.) satellites in orbit. The proposed system is lightweight, compact, nonvolatile and has little of the plumbing or leak potential associated with...
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