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Outer planet exploration with advanced radioisotope electric propulsion
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Oleson, Steven Schreiber, Jeffrey Ostdiek, Paul Gefert, Leon Patterson, Michael Benson, Scott McAdams, Jim |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | In response to a request by the NASA Deep Space Exploration Technology Program, NASA Glenn Research Center conducted a study to identify advanced technology options to perform a Pluto/Kuiper mission without depending on a 2004 Jupiter Gravity Assist, but still arriving before 2020. A concept using a direct trajectory with small, sub-kilowatt ion thrusters and Stirling radioisotope power systems was shown to allow the same or smaller launch vehicle class as the chemical 2004 baseline and allow a launch slip and still flyby in the 2014 to 2020 timeframe. With this promising result the study was expanded to use a radioisotope power source for small electrically propelled orbiter spacecraft for outer planet targets such as Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. |
| File Size | 759581 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020038757 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6n063d9k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronautics (general) Electric Propulsion Launch Vehicles Stirling Cycle Gas Giant Planets Ion Engines Space Exploration Radioisotope Batteries Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
