Mission of daring: The general-purpose heat source radioisotope thermoelectric generator

Collection of Technical Papers - 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 720-742

  Bennett, Gary L ^a   Lombardo, James J ^b   Hemler, Richard J ^c   Silverman, Gil ^c   Whitmore, C W ^d   Amos, Wayne R ^e   Johnson, E W ^f   Schock, Alfred ^g   Zocher, Roy W ^h   Keenan, Thomas K ^h   Hagan, James C ⁱ   Englehart, Richard W ^j,k  

^a US Department of Energy and NASA   (United States)

^b US Department of Energy and NASA   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY   (United States)

^d GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^e Mound Laboratory   (United States)

^f Mound Laboratory   (United States)

^g NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NUS Corp   (United States)

^k U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPACE RESEARCH; THERMOELECTRICITY;

INTERNATIONAL SOLAR POLAR MISSION (ISPM); POLAR REGIONS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 33751401088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-4096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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