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Science 14 April 1972:
Vol. 176. no. 4031, pp. 167 - 168
DOI: 10.1126/science.176.4031.167
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Spacecraft Propulsion: New Methods

Hannes Alfvén 1

1 Department of Applied Physics and Information Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92037

Cosmic plasmas contain energy which may be tapped and used for spacecraft propulsion. The energy needed for launching a spacecraft could be supplied to it from the ground through a plasma channel in the atmosphere.


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