In-space nuclear power as an enabling technology for deep space exploration

35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Sackheim, Robert ^a   Van Dyke, Melissa ^a   Houts, Mike ^a   Poston, David ^b   Lipinski, Ron ^c   Polk, Jay ^d   Frisbee, Robert ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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4. Anghaie, Samim, Personal Communication, University of Florida, June, 2000.