solar heat exchanger drive
solar heat exchanger drive
[′sō·lər ′hēt iks¦chān·jər ‚drīv] (aerospace engineering)
A proposed method of spacecraft propulsion in which solar radiation is focused on an area occupied by a boiler to heat a working fluid that is expelled to produce thrust directly. Abbreviated SHED.
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