Status report on the U.S. Space nuclear program

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 38, Issue 4-8, 1996, Pages 551-560

  Bennett, Gary L ^a   Hemler, Richard J ^b   Schock, Alfred ^c  

^a Metaspace Enterprises   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION;

NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION; NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION; RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

EID: 0030085426     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0094-5765(96)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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