Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion

Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion

ISBN 10: 0309100119 / ISBN 13: 9780309100113

Published by The National Academies Press, Washington, 2006

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The covers have just a touch of edge wear and some light scuffs. In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion
• Publisher: The National Academies Press, Washington
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309100119
• ISBN 13: 9780309100113
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.

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Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion, National Research Council