Ad Astra Rocket Company / Nautel Limited / Moog / Astronautics LLC / Vacuum Facility Ad Astra Rocket Company / American InstituteofofAeronautics Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. / /
Country
United States / Canada / United Kingdom / /
Currency
pence / /
Facility
American Institute of Aeronautics / III‡‡ University of Houston / The facility / American Institute / International Space Station / /
IndustryTerm
electric propulsion device / stainless steel vacuum chamber / background neutral gas / Argon gas flow control / ion energy / average ion kinetic energy / energy / directed kinetic energy / ion kinetic energy / heat-rejection systems / kinetic energy / thermal solution / power startup / neutral argon gas flow rate measurements / electric propulsion systems / important milestone demonstrating hardware / few electric propulsion devices / /
Organization
American Institute / Department of Physics / Research †† / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics / American Institute of Aeronautics / American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Figure / University of Houston / /
Person
Leonard D. Cassady / Mark D. Carter / Jared P. Squire / Franklin R. Chang / Benjamin W. Longmier / Maxwell G. Ballenger / Chris S. Olsen / Greg E. McCaskill / Tim W. Glover / Andrew V. Ilin / /
Position
Lead Project Engineer / Scientist / Engineer / Director of Technology Director / Professor / Director / President and CEO / flow controller / propellant flow controller / controller / /
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