Flowing Plasma Interaction with an Electric Sail Tether Element
Todd Schneider
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
For almost 17 years, Todd Schneider has been a scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center researching the effects of the space environment on materials and systems. He has been involved in a wide variety of programs from the International Space Station to the James Webb Space Telescope, and recently the Solar Probe Plus mission. Prior to joining NASA, Todd was involved in a program to study magnetic confinement of plasmas at Auburn University’s Fusion Research Lab.
Abstract
For many spacecraft system designers, the space environment is regarded only as a threat to their hardware’s survivability. However, for some systems, the space environment provides a means to generate power and... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Todd Schneider (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- Jason Vaughn (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- Kenneth Wright (USRA)
- Allen Andersen (Utah State University)
- Nobie Stone (Nexolve)
Topic Areas
Testing / Mitigation , Plasma , Other
Session
Session 5 » Testing and Mitigation (11:20 - Tuesday, 16th May)
Paper
ASEC-Paper-Flowing-Plasma-Esail-Tether-Schneider.doc
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