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The Case of Nuclear PropulsionFission technology can enable rapid, affordable access to any point in the solar system. If fission propulsion systems are to be developed to their full potential; however, near-term customers must be identified and initial fission systems successfully developed, launched, and utilized. Successful utilization will simultaneously develop the infrastructure and experience necessary for developing even higher power and performance systems. To be successful, development programs must devise strategies for rapidly converting paper reactor concepts into actual flight hardware. One approach to accomplishing this is to design highly testable systems, and to structure the program to contain frequent, significant hardware milestones. This paper discusses ongoing efforts in Russia and the United States aimed at enabling near-term utilization of space fission systems.
Document ID
20030067740
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Koroteev, Anatoly S. (Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, USSR)
Ponomarev-Stepnoi, Nicolai N. (Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Inst. Russia)
Smetannikov, Vladimir P. (Red Star Moscow, Russia)
Gafarov, Albert A. (Academy of Sciences (USSR) Moscow, USSR)
Houts, Mike (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
VanDyke, Melissa (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Godfroy, Tom (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Martin, James (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bragg-Sitton, Shannon (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Dickens, Ricky (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Air and Space Symposium
Location: Dayton, OH
Country: United States
Start Date: July 13, 2003
End Date: July 17, 2003
Sponsors: International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Public
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