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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
Michael L. Browne, Francesco Bombi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 52-56
Technical Paper | Instrumentation Data Handling | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29315
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The Next European Torus fusion device will be a fully engineered prototype for a demonstration power source. The semicontinuous nature of some modes of operation necessitates both data processing and acquisition to be in real time. The high reliability and availability needed demands a fault-tolerant system. Additionally, there must be a flexible approach to allow for its experimental aspects. These criteria are detailed and embodied in a prototype design for the control system architecture.