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SP-100 program users handbook basic configurational tradeoffs

Description: This document addresses basic configurational tradeoffs associated with the SP-100 class of nuclear space power systems. In the SP-100 project, the three reference designs, fallback, baseline, and advanced, employ thermoelectric power conversion with different thermoelectric materials. This issue of the document presents results generated for the thermoelectric design as of the end of 1985. Emphasis is placed on showing general trends and the range of possibilities that could result from select… more
Date: March 15, 1986
Creator: Manvi, R. & Fujita, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SP-100 planetary mission/system preliminary design study. Final report, technical information report

Description: This report contains a discussion on many aspects of a nuclear electric propulsion planetary science mission and spacecraft using the proposed SP-100 nuclear power subsystem. A review of the science rationale for such missions is included. A summary of eleven nuclear electric propulsion planetary missions is presented. A conceptual science payload, mission design, and spacecraft design is included for the Saturn Ring Rendezvous mission. Spacecraft and mission costs have been estimated for two p… more
Date: February 1, 1986
Creator: Jones, R. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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