Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration

by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies Committee, et al.

Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration identifies primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration missions. This report presents key milestones and a top-level development and demonstration roadmap for performance nuclear thermal propulsion and nuclear electric propulsion systems and identifies missions that could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309684803
• ISBN13: 9780309684804
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 92 Pages