Pluto Orbiter/lander/sample return missions using the MITEE nuclear engine

Pluto Orbiter/lander and sample return missions are not impossible using chemical propulsion, but are possible with nuclear thermal propulsion. Using the MITEE nuclear engine, a spacecraft could first orbit Pluto, mapping it, and then land at a selected site, 12 years after the departure form Earth....

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Hauptverfasser:	Powell, J., Maise, G., Paniagua, J.
Format:	Tagungsbericht
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aircraft manufacture Chemicals Earth Electrochemical processes Engines Ice surface Manufacturing Pluto Probes Propulsion
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