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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Prakash B. Joshi, Andover, MA (US);
Bernard L. Upschulte, Nashua, NH (US);
Alan H. Gelb, Boston, MA (US);
B. David Green, Methuen, MA (US);
Dean M. Lester, Brigham, UT (US);
W. David Starrett, Roy, UT (US);
Ingvar A. Wallace, Brigham City, UT (US);
Prakash B. Joshi, Andover, MA (US);
Bernard L. Upschulte, Nashua, NH (US);
Alan H. Gelb, Boston, MA (US);
B. David Green, Methuen, MA (US);
Dean M. Lester, Brigham, UT (US);
W. David Starrett, Roy, UT (US);
Ingvar A. Wallace, Brigham City, UT (US);
Physical Sciences, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes at least one polyoxymethylene structural support member. The polyoxymethylene structural support member includes a polyoxymethylene component that is a propellant that provides thrust to the vehicle upon pyrolysis or combustion of the polyoxymethylene component of the product of pyrolysis of the polyoxymethylene component. The vehicle can be a satellite or other type of spacecraft.