Author: Gerald F. TapePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Space Exploration and Its Atomic Energy Implications
Author: Gerald F. TapeNuclear Energy in Space Exploration
Author: Glenn Theodore SeaborgPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear propulsion
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Nuclear Energy in Space Exploration
Author: U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Radioisotope Power Systems
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309141761
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Spacecraft require electrical energy. This energy must be available in the outer reaches of the solar system where sunlight is very faint. It must be available through lunar nights that last for 14 days, through long periods of dark and cold at the higher latitudes on Mars, and in high-radiation fields such as those around Jupiter. Radioisotope power systems (RPSs) are the only available power source that can operate unconstrained in these environments for the long periods of time needed to accomplish many missions, and plutonium-238 (238Pu) is the only practical isotope for fueling them. Plutonium-238 does not occur in nature. The committee does not believe that there is any additional 238Pu (or any operational 238Pu production facilities) available anywhere in the world.The total amount of 238Pu available for NASA is fixed, and essentially all of it is already dedicated to support several pending missions-the Mars Science Laboratory, Discovery 12, the Outer Planets Flagship 1 (OPF 1), and (perhaps) a small number of additional missions with a very small demand for 238Pu. If the status quo persists, the United States will not be able to provide RPSs for any subsequent missions.
The Tyranny of Time: An Introduction to Atomic Energy
Author: Chalinder AllenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781436711791
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Outer Space Propulsion by Nuclear Energy
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic EnergyPublisher:
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Category : Nuclear rockets
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Enabling the Space Exploration Initiative: NASA's Exploration Technology Program in Space Power
Author: Gary L. BennettPublisher:
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Category : Lunar bases
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
To the End of the Solar System
Author: James A. DewarPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Chemically propelled rockets can lift less than 5 percent of their take-off weight into orbit, a fact that could forever limit the space program. Nuclear-powered rockets, however, with their superior thrusting power and speed, are radically different. So argues James A. Dewar in the only comprehensive history ever written of the nuclear rocket project. It is a story of political battles over the space program's future, involving Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, and a readable account of its technical successes, a story perhaps more interesting and certainly more important, Dewar believes, than the history of atomic and H-bomb development. Dewar maintains that only by reestablishing a nuclear rocket project can the nation have a space program worthy of the 21st century, one that makes reality of the hopes and dreams of science fiction.
Proceedings of the NASA-University Conference on the Science and Technology of Space Exploration
Author: The Overview Effect
Author: Frank WhitePublisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781563472602
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Using interviews with and writings by astronauts and cosmonauts, discusses how viewing the Earth from space and from the moon affect space explorers' perceptions of the world and humanity, and how those changes are likewise felt in contemporary society. The author views space exploration and eventual colonization as an inevitable step in the evolution of human society and consciousness, one which offers new perspectives on the problems facing us down here on Earth. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR