Electrodynamic Tethers and E-Sails as Active Experiment Testbeds and Technologies in Space

Brian E. Gilchrist1, Bruce M Wiegmann2, Les Johnson3, Sven Gunnar Bilen4, Linda Habash Krause5, Grant Miars1 and Omar Leon6, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Retired, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)Penn State Univ, University Park, PA, United States, (5)NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, United States, (6)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States