Power and purpose in space.

Wood, wind, water, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear energy: of those major power sources, only one-nuclear energy-can work in space. In this paper, the author argues that exploration of the Solar System will only get serious when spacecraft can exploit the power of the atom.

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Publié dans:IEEE spectrum 39, 11(duplicate) (2002).
Auteur principal: Zubrin, R.
Format: Article
Langue:English
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