Les Johnson
Publications
Patents
Technical Papers (Partial Listing)
Space Tethers
Electrodynamic Tethers for Reboost of the International Space Station and Spacecraft Propulsion (1996)
International Space Station Electrodynamic Tether Reboost Study (1998)
Mission Analysis of Spinning Systems for Transfers from Low Orbits to Geostationary(1999)
Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System Experiment from the AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2000)
Future Application of Electrodynamic Tethers for Propulsion (2000)
Conceptual Design Issues of a Spinning Tether Orbital Transfer System (2000)
Propulsion and Power from a Rotating Electrodynamic Tether at Jupiter (2000)
Propulsion for Missions to the Moon and Mars
Near-term SEI science missions utilizing an evolutionary lunar transportation system (1992)
A comparison of transportation systems for human missions to Mars (2004)
In Space Propulsion Technologies
Propellantless Propulsion Technologies for In-Space Transportation (2001)
Propulsion technologies for exploration of the solar system and beyond (2002)
NASA's In-Space Propulsion Technology Program: Overview and Status (2003)
NASA In-Space Propulsion Technology Program: Overview and Update (2004)
Interstellar Propulsion
Interstellar Exploration: Propulsion Options for Precursors and Beyond (1999)
Interstellar Propulsion Research Within NASA (2001)
A strategic roadmap to centauri (2005)
Status of Solar Sail Propulsion: Moving Toward an Interstellar Probe (2007)
Nuclear Propulsion
Benefits of Nuclear Electric Propulsion for Outer Planet Exploration (2002)
Performance Requirements for a Nuclear Electric Propulsion System(2002)
Space Science
Effects of the lunar environment on optical telescopes and instruments (1991)
Mitigation of Adverse Environmental Effects on Lunar-Based Astronomical Instruments (1992)
Spacecraft design considerations for an Inner Magnetosphere Imager mission (1992)
Imaging the Earth's magnetosphere from space - The inner magnetosphere imager mission (1993)
Inner Magnetosphere Imager (IMI) Solar Terrestrial Probe Class Mission Preliminary Design Study (1995)
Solar Sails
The Development of Solar Sail Propulsion for NASA Science Missions (2004)
Recent advances in solar sail propulsion systems at NASA (2006)
Laser Pulsed Fiber Optic Neutron Detector
Electrodynamic TetherJournal articles will be listed here.
Most of what I write is related to my job at NASA. Listed here are my technical publications, many of which might be of interest to those readers who want to learn the details behind much of what my co-authors and I write about.
