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  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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    • 1970s 1980s deep space probes interstellar space jet propulsion laboratory nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets nuclear-electric propulsion solar system stellar cartography thousand astronomical unit
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  2. Graham1973

    Jovian Turbopause Probe

    I've seen references to Jupiter drop probes dating back to the mid 1960's, but this upper atmosphere probe dating from the early 1970's is the earliest detailed design I know of, to quote the abstract: 1. The Jovian turbopause probe. Part 1 - The scientific requirements for the Jovian...
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    • cold war deep space probes early 1970s jet propulsion laboratory jupiter martin marietta corporation nasa nasa goddard space flight center solar system space age space race united states
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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