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Atomic power in space II : a history of space nuclear power and propulsion in the United States
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- [Idaho Falls, Idaho?] : Idaho National Laboratory, 2015
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- vii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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- ocn931595589
- "September 2015."
- "INL/EXT-15-34409."
- "Prepared by Idaho National Laboratory, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies Division."--Title page verso.
- Shipping list no.: 2016-0069-P.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
- Foreword -- The early years -- Galileo and Ulysses -- Advanced isotope power systems -- Reactors redux -- The SP-100 Program -- The Multimegawatt Program -- Thermionics revived -- Nuclear propulsion -- The Prometheus Project -- Infrastructure inroads -- Visiting Saturn -- To Pluto and beyond -- Roving Mars -- Into the future -- Appendix A: United States Space Nuclear Power Systems launched into space (as of January 2014) -- Appendix B: Accidents involving spacecraft carrying U.S. RTGs -- Appendix C: Space Power Reactor Summary 1955-1973 -- Appendix D: Timeline (1983-2013) -- Appendix E: Rover/NERVA Reactor Test Summary -- Acronyms