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AMTEC Flight Experiment Progress and Plans

Giglio, J.·Dobbs, M.·Underwood, M. L.

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An experiment is being developed to validate the performance of AMTEX technology in the space microgravity environment.

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Giglio, J., Dobbs, M., Underwood, M. L.. 1997-07-27. AMTEC Flight Experiment Progress and Plans. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210003471

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