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Autor:
James Martin, Pat Salvail
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
To support development and hardware-based testing of various space reactor concepts, the Early Flight Fission-Test Facility (EFF-TF) team established a specialized glove box unit with ancillary systems to handle/process alkali metals. Recently, these
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
In stark contrast to what is sometimes considered the norm in traditional manufacturing processes, engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) arc in the practice of altering the standard in an effort to realize other potential methods in co
Autor:
Stephen Tucker, Pat Salvail
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
A solar-thermal engine serves as a high-temperature solar-radiation absorber, heat exchanger, and rocket nozzle. collecting concentrated solar radiation into an absorber cavity and transferring this energy to a propellant as heat. Propellant gas can
Autor:
Melissa Van Dyke, Mike Houts, Tom Godfroy, Ricky Dickens, David Poston, Rick Kapernick, Bob Reid, Pat Salvail, Peter Ring, Mohamed S. El-Genk, Mary J. Bragg
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
Successful development of space fission systems requires an extensive program of affordable and realistic testing. In addition to tests related to design/development of the fission system, realistic testing of the actual flight unit must also be perf
Autor:
Pat Salvail, Mike Houts, Kevin Pedersen, Ricky Dickens, Melissa Van Dyke, Ivana Hrbud, Tom Godfroy, Robert Carter, James Martin
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
Fission technology can enable rapid, affordable access to any point in the solar system. If fission propulsion systems are to be developed to their full potential; however, near-term customers must be identified and initial fission systems successful
Autor:
Pat Salvail, Kevin Pedersen, Tom Godfroy, Melissa Van Dyke, Mike Houts, Ricky Dickens, James Martin, Ivana Hrbud
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
Fission technology can enable rapid, affordable access to any point in the solar system. Potential fission-based transportation options include high specific power continuous impulse propulsion systems and bimodal nuclear thermal rockets. Despite the