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Methane instead of Hydrogen as propellant
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Years ago, I studied various propellants, and thought that methane was perhaps a more viable propellant than hydrogen because of: 1) The temperature for methane to remain in a liquid state is much higher than that of hydrogen, eliminating many cryogenic issues of liquid hydrogen. Significant cr...
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Nuclear Propulsion Historical Reference
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http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920005899_1992005899.pdf
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more non-nuclear testing???
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) at Lewis Field is planning the development of a Technology Demonstration Unit (TDU) for Fission Surface Power (FSP). The goal of the TDU is to assemble the major components (heat source, power conversion, heat...
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Chemcam is to mission on MSL
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The Mars Descent Imager (MARDI), the Laser-Induced Remote Sensing for Chemistry and Micro-Imaging (ChemCam) are now restored to the project. In the case of ChemCam, LANL, the French Space Agency (CNES), and even other MSL instrument team members have developed a series of descopes and support...
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" NASA Elevates Nuclear Power for Robotic Exploration "
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NASA Elevates Nuclear Power for Robotic Exploration Aviation Week & Space Technology, 10/01/2007, page 37 Craig Covault, Cape Canaveral In a major advancement for robotic exploration, NASA is moving quickly to make space nuclear power, and eventually nuclear propulsion, an inherent desi...
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