Atomic power in space II
Subtitle: a history of space nuclear power and propulsion in the United States
Publisher: Idaho National Laboratory
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Idaho Falls, Idaho?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Nuclear rockets; History; Space vehicles; Nuclear power plants; Isotopic power generators
Notes: "September 2015."

"INL/EXT-15-34409."

"Prepared by Idaho National Laboratory, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Space Nuclear Power and Isotope Technologies Division."--Title page verso.

Shipping list no.: 2016-0069-P.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: The early years; title: Galileo and Ulysses; title: Advanced isotope power systems; title: Reactors redux; title: The SP-100 Program; title: The Multimegawatt Program; title: Thermionics revived; title: Nuclear propulsion; title: The Prometheus Project; title: Infrastructure inroads; title: Visiting Saturn; title: To Pluto and beyond; title: Roving Mars; title: Into the future; title: Appendix A: United States Space Nuclear Power Systems launched into space (as of January 2014); title: Appendix B: Accidents involving spacecraft carrying U.S. RTGs; title: Appendix C: Space Power Reactor Summary 1955-1973; title: Appendix D: Timeline (1983-2013); title: Appendix E: Rover/NERVA Reactor Test Summary; title: Acronyms.