Fission technology can enable rapid, affordable access to any point in the solar system. Potential fission-based transportation options include high specific power continuous impulse propulsion systems and bimodal nuclear thermal rockets. Despite their tremendous potential for enhancing or enabling deep space and planetary missions, to date space fission system have only been used in Earth orbit. The first step towards utilizing advanced fission propulsion systems is development of a safe, near-term, affordable fission system that can enhance or enable near-term missions of interest. An evolutionary approach for developing space fission propulsion systems is proposed.
Options For Development of Space Fission Propulsion Systems
Space Technologies Applications International Forum Conference ; 2001 ; Albuquerque, NM, United States
2001-01-01
Preprint
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Options for Development of Space Fission Propulsion Systems
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