High performance nuclear thermal propulsion system for near term exploration missions to 100 A.U. and beyond

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Powell, James R ^a   Paniagua, John ^a   Maise, George ^a   Ludewig, Hans ^b   Todosow, Michael ^b  

^a Ultra Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTORS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

CHEMICAL ENGINES; MINIATURE REACTOR ENGINE; NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION SYSTEM;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0032642866     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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