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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.
Wayne R. Meier, B. Grant Logan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1279-1285
Power Plant Design and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963124
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Development of inertial fusion energy (IFE) will require continued research and development in target physics, driver technology, target production and delivery systems, and chamber technologies. It will also require the integration of these technologies in tests and engineering demonstrations of increasing capability and complexity. The development needs in each of these areas are discussed. We show how IFE development will leverage off of the Department of Energy (DOE) Defense Programs funded inertial confinement fusion (ICF) work.
