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Small Satellite Missions to Deep Space Enabled by Solar Thermal Rockets Open
Solar thermal rockets (STR) were examined to determine how well they could integrate with small satellite systems to propel very small payloads to the outer reaches of the Solar System. The spacecraft would use an STR to achieve hyperbolic…
Space nuclear power and man's extraterrestrial civilization Open
This paper examines leading space nuclear power technology candidates. Particular emphasis is given the heat-pipe reactor technology currently under development at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This program is aimed at developing a 1…
New generation of reactors for space power Open
Space nuclear reactor power is expected to enable many new space missions that will require several times to several orders of magnitude anything flown in space to date. Power in the 100-kW range may be required in high earth orbit spacecr…
Space reactors: What is a kilogram Open
The use of nuclear electric propulsion can triple payloads to GEO for a single Shuttle launch. Life orbits of 300 years can be used to allow most of the fission and activation products to decay before a reactor reenters the biosphere. Enou…
Opening up the future in space with nuclear power Open
Man's extraterrestrial development is dependent on abundant power. For example, space-based manufacturing facilities are projected to have a power demand of 300 kWe by the end of this Century, and several megawatts in the early part of nex…
Status report on nuclear reactors for space electric power Open
The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory is studying reactor power plants for space applications in the late 1980s and 1990s. The study is concentrating on high-temperature, compact, fast reactors that can be coupled with various radiation shi…
Selection of power plant elements for future space electric power systems Open
A study on the type of nuclear reactor power plants that should be developed for future space missions is described. After careful consideration of power plant configuration weights, sizes, reliabilities, safety, development cost and time,…
Missions and planning for nuclear space power Open
Requirements for electrical and propulsion power for space are expected to increase dramatically in the 1980s. Nuclear power is probably the only source for some deep space missions and a major competitor for many orbital missions, especia…
Summary of space nuclear reactor power systems, 1983--1992 Open
This report summarizes major developments in the last ten years which have greatly expanded the space nuclear reactor power systems technology base. In the SP-100 program, after a competition between liquid-metal, gas-cooled, thermionic, a…