Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion
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Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion by National Research Council
In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.
Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion, National Research Council
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| ISBN 13 | 9780309100113 |
| ISBN 10 | 0309100119 |
| Title | Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion |
| Author | National Research Council |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | National Academies Press |
| Year published | 2006-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 158 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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