The potential of Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) to meet the increasing demands of our planetary space exploration program is examined and evaluated. Based on an assumption of a modest growth beyond current technology, an NEP system is described that provides performance advantage over all competitive technologies. Flight times and available payload mass - as indicators of mission performance - are compared for several mission opportunities of interest. NEP is shown to have a unique capacity for substantial reductions in mission flight times in terms of payloads consistent with the needs of planetary exploration.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Nuclear Electric Propulsion - A concept for solar system exploration


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    Joint Propulsion Conference ; 1981 ; Colorado Springs, CO, US


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1981-07-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch







    Advanced Solar System Exploration Missions Using Nuclear-Electric Propulsion

    Eneev, T. M. / Hechler, M. / Latyshev, L. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    Electric Propulsion for Solar System Exploration

    Brophy, J. R. / Noca, M. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998