nuclear-electric propulsion

  1. Orionblamblam

    JPL Interstellar Precursor

    The first of the "Thousand Astronomical Unit" space probes designed from the late 70's into the 80's. Nuclear electric propulsion would send the craft on a fifty-year mission into interplanetary space to test technologies for a future true interstellar mission, for deep-space science and to map...
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  2. Triton

    Boeing Martian Recon Vehicle

    Artist's impression of unmanned Martian reconnaissance vehicle concept press photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Boeing-Minute-Man-Missile-Martian-Reconnaissance-vehicle-Press-Photo-/190706754178?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c67022282
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    • boeing cold war deep space probes late 1950s mars nasa national advisory committee for aeronautics nuclear powered vehicles nuclear-electric propulsion space age space race united states
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  3. Michel Van

    MEM: the Mars Excursion Module of the 1960s

    better know as Mission Engineering Study of Electrically Propelled Manned Planetary Vehicles GE began the study for MSFC in July 1966. they proposed to uses both nuclear-thermal and nuclear-electric propulsion. Nuclear ionengine give mission flexibility also for unfavorable opportunities and...
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    • 1960s 1967 cold war contractor models deep space probes general electric late 1960s manned mars marshall space flight center model nasa nasa marshall space flight center north american aviation nuclear power nuclear rockets nuclear-electric propulsion post-apollo space age space probes space race united states
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