The goals of the Space Exploration Initiative are discussed, and the technologies which enable their attainment are evaluated. The main driving technology is the propulsion system; for interplanetary missions, the safest and most affordable is a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system. This paper presents an overview of the NTP systems which have received detailed conceptual design and, for several, testing.
An overview of tested and analyzed NTP concepts
1991-09-01
Conference paper
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English
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