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Jordan / United States / /
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pence / / /
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reactor Current / ION THRUSTER PROPULSION DEVELOPMENT A nuclear reactor / Radiological Engineering University of Illinois / Los Alamos National Laboratory / University of Illinois / Foil reactor Nuclear Liquid Core Liquid / Kiwi-A reactor / Reactor Shadow / Duplex UC-ZrC-C UO2-W UN-W UC-ZrC UC-TaC UC-ZrC UC-ZrC UO2 / /
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propellant gas / Chemical rockets / auxiliary power systems / supercritical device / nuclear propulsion systems / gas core reactor / conventional chemical rockets / thermal energy / nuclear energy / chemical reaction / exhaust products / gas core / chemical propulsion / gas core nuclear propulsion system / energy / electricity / electrical energy using thermoelectric conversion / gas core nuclear reactors / electrical energy / electronics / exponential attenuation law / space applications / chemical rocket engine / power systems / chemical rocket / typical chemical rocket going / long distance space travel / /
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Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Nuclear / USA Air Force / Atomic Energy Commission / Mars mission / NASA’s NERVA / University of Illinois / United Nations / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / /
Proceedings of the 1st International Nuclear and Renewable Energy Conference (INREC10), Amman, Jordan, March 21-24, 2010 NUCLEAR PROPULSION CHOICES FOR SPACE EXPLORATION Ryan McLaren* and Magdi Ragheb** *