Affordable Development and Demonstration of a Small NTR Engine and Stage: A Preliminary NASA, DOE, and Industry Assessment

The Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) represents the next evolutionary step in cryogenic liquid rocket engines. Deriving its energy from fission of uranium-235 atoms contained within fuel elements that comprise the engine's reactor core, the NTR can generate high thrust at a specific impulse of appr...

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Hauptverfasser:	Borowski, Stanley K., Sefcik, Robert J., Fittje, James E., McCurdy, David R., Qualls, Arthur L., Schnitzler, Bruce G., Werner, James E., Weitzberg, Abraham, Joyner, Claude R.
Format:	Tagungsbericht
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
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