NUCLEAR POWER AND PROPULSION IN SPACE

nuclearjim · nuclearjim

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...

nuclearjim · nuclearjim

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920005899_1992005899.pdf

NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

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...

NUKE ROCKY44 · NUKE ROCKY44

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...

10kBq Jaro · 10kBq Jaro

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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	Methane instead of Hydrogen as propellant (Preview) 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...	nuclearjim	20	8864	Jan 20, 2008 by GoogleNaut
	Nuclear Propulsion Historical Reference nuclear propulsion nerva rover (Preview) http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920005899_1992005899.pdf	nuclearjim	2	721	Dec 10, 2007 by GoogleNaut
	more non-nuclear testing??? (Preview) 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...	NUKE ROCKY44	7	716	Dec 6, 2007 by GoogleNaut
	Chemcam is to mission on MSL (Preview) 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...	NUKE ROCKY44	1	619	Nov 18, 2007 by GoogleNaut
	" NASA Elevates Nuclear Power for Robotic Exploration " (Preview) 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...	10kBq Jaro	1	809	Oct 3, 2007 by NUKE ROCKY44
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