386 pgs, 1998, AIAA
ISBN 978-1563471155

A useful review of basic trends in rocket propulsion. The articles collected here preserve the views of the past for today's students.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Principles of Fusion-Energy Utilization in Space Propulsion
2. High-Performance Fusion Rocket for Manned Space Missions
3. An Antiproton Catalyzed Inertial Fusion Propulsion System
4. Comparison of Fusion/Antiproton Propulsion Systems for Interplanetary Travel
5. An Antiproton Driver for Internal Confinement Fusion Propulsion
6. From SSTO to Saturn's Moons
7. Innovative Technology for an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Propulsion Unit
8. Fusion Plasma Thruster Using a Dense Plasma Focus Device
9. Performance of Fusion-Fission Hybrid Nuclear Rocket Engine
10. Magnetic Control of Fission Plasmas
11. The Outer Solar System and the Human Future