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Autor:
Roger X. Lenard, Dana G. Andrews
Publikováno v:
Acta Astronautica. 61:450-458
Interstellar transportation to nearby star systems over periods shorter than the human lifetime requires speeds in the range of 0.1–0.15 c and relatively high accelerations. These speeds are not attainable using rockets, even with advanced fusion e
Autor:
Roger X. Lenard
Publikováno v:
Acta Astronautica. 57:404-414
From October 1987 until 1993, the US Department of Defense conducted the Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion program. This program's objective was to design and develop a high specific impulse, high thrust-to-weight nuclear thermal rocket engine for upp
Autor:
Roger X. Lenard
Publikováno v:
Space Policy. 17:285-289
The development and exploitation of nuclear power and propulsion represent certain didactic imperatives for human civilization. Among these are economic, epistemological, moral and commercial propositions. Developing space nuclear power and propulsio
Publikováno v:
43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit.
This paper discusses progress achieved during a three-year internal Sandia National Laboratories Laboratory Directed Research and Development project, funded through the Department of Energy. This research was conducted as an adjunct research project
Autor:
Roger X. Lenard, David M. McMahon
Publikováno v:
57th International Astronautical Congress.
Autor:
Roger X. Lenard, Dana G. Andrews
Publikováno v:
57th International Astronautical Congress.
Autor:
Dana G. Andrews, Roger X. Lenard
Publikováno v:
42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit.
This program led to considerable analytical and experimental ef fort that provided tantalizing, but inconclusive compression results. This paper discusses our proposed follow -on effort. This follow -on effort would provide more analytical detail whi
Publikováno v:
Space 2005.
Lunar Post power requirements for the Moon/Mars Exploration program have not been established yet since they depend on NASA defined crew size, exploration program content, mission duration, mission location(s), extent of ISRU use and many other facto
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
The Indium Field Emission Thruster (In‐FET) is a highly characterized and space‐proven device based on space‐qualified liquid metal ion sources. There is also extensive experience with liquid metal ion sources for high‐brightness semiconducto
Autor:
Roger X. Lenard, David I. Poston, Regina A. Talandis, Robert S. Reid, Albert C. Marshall, Jay S. Elson, Richard J. Kapernick, Ray M. Guffee, Ronald J. Lipinski, Steven A. Wright, James H. Lee, Martin P. Sherman
Publikováno v:
AIP Conference Proceedings.
Two nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) power system configurations are presented, each with an output power of 50 kWe and a system mass of about 2500 kg. Both consist of a reactor coupled to a recuperated Brayton power conversion system with a fixed c