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ACCELERATEUR ELECTRO-MAGNETIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2001-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
Key term(s)
  • electromagnetic accelerator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

La Westinghouse Electric Corp. élabore [...] un accélérateur électro-magnétique (EMACK) qui pourrait lâcher un projectile à environ 10 kilomètres à la seconde.

Key term(s)
  • accélérateur électromagnétique

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The transport of moon minerals into orbit would be performed by a sort of electrically-driven catapult called a "mass driver."

OBS

(texte 29660)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

J'appellerai ce procédé "accélérateur électro-magnétique". Il s'agit d'une sorte de bande transporteuse fonctionnant en circuit fermé. [G.O Neill, les Villes de l'espace, p. 162].

Spanish

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