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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.
E. Linn Draper, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 46 | Number 1 | October 1971 | Pages 22-30
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A22332
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Four different epicadmium neutron flux spectra were produced by boron filter insertion in a beam port of the Cornell University 100-kW TRIGA reactor. The first spectrum was the unaltered (except for cadmium covers) fission slowing down spectrum; three hardened spectra were produced by the insertion of boron filters enriched in 10B. The shapes and amplitudes of the spectra were determined by the computer code SAND II to reproduce foil activation data obtained from a set of resonance and threshold detectors.