Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion

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Committee on Priorities for Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion, National Research Council
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In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
1 Introduction and Background	9-24	(skim)
2 Engineering and Technical Issues	25-34	(skim)
3 Applications of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Solar and Space Physics: Background	35-41	(skim)
4 Applications of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Solar and Space Physics: Missions	42-55	(skim)
5 Applications of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Solar System Exploration: Background	56-63	(skim)
6 Applications of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Solar System Exploration: Missions	64-82	(skim)
7 Applications of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Astronomy and Astrophysics: Background	83-90	(skim)
8 Applications of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Astronomy and Astrophysics: Missions	91-99	(skim)
9 Findings and Recommendations	100-108	(skim)
Appendix A: Past U.S. Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Programs	109-114	(skim)
Appendix B: The Interstellar Observatory	115-123	(skim)
Appendix C: Additional Solar System Exploration Mission Concepts	124-128	(skim)
Appendix D: Details of Selected Astronomy and Astrophysics Mission Concepts	129-132	(skim)
Appendix E: Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations	133-144	(skim)

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In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.

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