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NASA announces plan for space nuclear propulsion by 2028
Yesterday NASA announced a series of initiatives, including plans to launch a nuclear electric propulsion spacecraft to Mars in December 2028 and a three-phase plan to establish a lunar base incorporating nuclear-driven heat and power.
Munir Ahmad, S. L. Graham, S. M. Grimes, H. Satyanarayana, S. K. Saraf, and S. Stricklin
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 90 | Number 3 | July 1985 | Pages 311-319
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A17772
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Total cross sections for the emission of protons and alpha particles have been measured for 9.4- and 11-MeV neutrons incident on a 4.11 mg/cm2 thick Type 316 stainless steel target. A newly developed charged-particle time-of-flight spectrometer was used to obtain (n, xp) and (n, xα) cross-section data. The measured gas-production cross sections have been compared with the values predicted on the basis of measured or calculated cross sections of the constituent materials.