Laser propulsion 10-kw thruster test program results

Physics & Astronomy

• laser propulsion 100%
• rocket engines 60%
• specific impulse 57%
• propellants 48%
• rocket nozzles 36%
• lasers 28%
• hydrogen 26%
• thrust 24%
• heat transmission 23%
• low speed 21%
• argon 16%
• performance 9%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Propulsion 58%
• Lasers 48%
• Rocket engines 36%
• Propellants 34%
• Plasmas 29%
• Hydrogen 25%
• Rocket nozzles 24%
• Argon 18%
• Heat transfer 10%
• Temperature 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• laser 48%
• propellant 38%
• program 34%
• engine 29%
• hydrogen 24%
• argon 17%
• heat flow 16%