Pesquisa básica e tecnologias associadas aos sistemas de propulsão aeroespacial não-convencionais.
Bibliografia Básica
BRUNO, C.; ACCETURA A. Advanced Propulsion Systems and Technologies Today to 2020. Reston, VA: AIAA, 2008. (Progress in astronautics and aeronautics, 233).
TAJMAR, M. Advanced Space Propulsion Systems. New York: Springer, 2004.
MILLIS, M. G.; DAVIS, E. W. Frontiers of Propulsion Science. Reston, VA: AIAA, 2009.
Bibliografia Complementar
VULPETTI, G.; JOHNSON, L; GREGORY, L. M. Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel. New York, Springer, 2008.
EDGAR CHOUEIRI, Physics of Plasma Propulsion, New York: CRC Press, 2009.
MYRABO, L. N., LEWIS, J. S. Lightcraft Flight Handbook LTI-20: Hypersonic Flight Transport for an Era Beyond Oil, Burlington, CA: Collector's Guide Publishing, 2009.
CHOUEIRI, E. Physics of Plasma Propulsion. New York: CRC Press, 2009.
JOHN, R. G. Physics of Electric Propulsion. New York: Dover Publications, 2006.
BRUNO, C.; CZYSZ, P. A. Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration. 2. ed. New York, Springer, 2009.