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DOE shorts RTG fuel Pu-238
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WoW!! Congress, NASA, DOE, White House can't even scrape together enough funds to do some basic space research? Shame on the USA!! For not supporting basic space research. You can't do anything in space without collecting proper data. Who should pay? But Congress has refused to provide the f...
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Norbert Elsner - 1933-2010
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Condolences to Elsner family. Norbert Elsner Norb was the principal investigator for numerous thermoelectric devices and materials programs. Mr. Elsner was awarded a DOE citation for major contributions to the Voyager I and II SiGe thermoelectric generators that are still functioning an...
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Americium 241 RTG
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Hello
I am searching for informations about the possibility to use Am241 for radioisotopic generators (RTG).
RTG currently used on space probes (Pioneer, Voyager, Cassini,...) use Pu238 (period=90 years), and Am241 would not be very interesting in this case (period=430 years, so more...
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PROJECT ICARUS
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Wondered if Icarus was discussed before. This is the updated version of Son of Daedalus "The 54,000 ton two-stage vehicle was powered by inertial confinement fusion using electron beams to compress the D/He3 fusion capsules to ignition. It would obtain an eventual cruise velocity of 36,0...
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RUSSIA TO INVEST IN NUCLEAR SPACE
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Seems there is again some rumblings about Russian interest in nuclear space power and propulsion. Russia Seeks Cooperation With U.S. in Space Effort[link] Russia, U.S. may jointly develop spacecraft engines [link]
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