Re: "To The End Of The Solar System"

From: Rusty (reuben_barton_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/15/04


Date: 15 Dec 2004 09:52:24 -0800

The NASA Technical Reports Server has available a PDF format final
report on the ROVER program.

Also listed are other nuclear propulsion reports on the NTRS server
that are available in PDF format.

Rover Nuclear Rocket Engine Program - Overview of Rover Engine Tests -
Final Report 1991
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920005899_1992005899.pdf

Reactor in-flight test system. Volume 1: RIFT program summary - 1961
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740074802_1974074802.pdf

Nuclear Rocket Propulsion - 1962
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630001636_1963001636.pdf

Nuclear pulse space vehicle study. volume i- summary - 1964
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650058729_1965058729.pdf

Assembly and brazing of NERVA U-tube nozzles - 1965
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750068371_1975068371.pdf

Nuclear pulse vehicle study - 1965
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760065935_1976065935.pdf

Nuclear pulse space vehicle study. Volume IV - Mission velocity
requirements and system comparisons - 1966
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660072847_1966072847.pdf

Nuclear pulse space vehicle study. Volume IV - Mission velocity
requirements and system comparisons /Supplement/ - 1966
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660072846_1966072846.pdf

Nuclear Rocket Technology Conference - 1966
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19730061727_1973061727.pdf

Nuclear criticality study of a specific vortex-stabilized gaseous
nuclear rocket engine - 1967
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700073228_1970073228.pdf

A method of predicting heat transfer coefficients in the cooling
passages of NERVA and Phoebus-2 rocket nozzles - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680014393_1968014393.pdf

Feasibility study of a tungsten water-moderated nuclear rocket. 1:
Summary report - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720066825_1972066825.pdf

Feasibility study of a tungsten water-moderated nuclear rocket. 2:
Fueled materials - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720066826_1972066826.pdf

Feasibility study of a tungsten water-moderated nuclear rocket. 3: Fuel
elements - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720066827_1972066827.pdf

Feasibility study of a tungsten water-moderated nuclear rocket. 4:
Neutronics - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720066828_1972066828.pdf

Feasibility study of a tungsten water-moderated nuclear rocket. 5:
Engine system - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720066832_1972066832.pdf

Feasibility study of a tungsten water-moderated nuclear rocket. 6: Feed
system and rotating machinery - 1968
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720066829_1972066829.pdf

Experimental investigations to simulate the thermal environment,
transparent walls, and propellant heating in a nuclear light bulb
engine - 1969
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700002925_1970002925.pdf

Status of nuclear flight system definition studies - 1971
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19790073697_1979073697.pdf

Fluid dynamics computer programs for NERVA turbopump - 1972
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19730015943_1973015943.pdf

Comparison of mission design options for manned Mars missions - 1986
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940004168_1994004168.pdf

Preliminary survey of 21st century civil mission applications of space
nuclear power - 1987
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910005504_1991005504.pdf

Comparison of Fusion/Antiproton Propulsion Systems for Interplanetary
Travel - 1987
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960020441_1996043322.pdf

Nuclear propulsion: A vital technology for the exploration of Mars and
the planets beyond - 1988
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19890001573_1989001573.pdf

Manned Mars Explorer project: Guidelines for a manned mission to the
vicinity of Mars using Phobos as a staging outpost; schematic vehicle
designs considering chemical and nuclear electric propulsion - 1988
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19890008233_1989008233.pdf

Nuclear technology and the space exploration missions - 1990
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19900013531_1990013531.pdf

An historical perspective of the NERVA nuclear rocket engine technology
program - 1991
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910017902_1991017902.pdf

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: A Joint NASA/DOE/DOD Workshop - 1991
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19920001870_1992001870.pdf

Nuclear thermal propulsion transportation systems for lunar/Mars
exploration - 1992
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930003175_1993003175.pdf

The rationale/benefits of nuclear thermal rocket propulsion for NASA's
lunar space transportation system - 1994
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19950009268_1995109268.pdf

Scoping calculations of power sources for nuclear electric propulsion -
1994
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940029705_1994029705.pdf

Conceptual Design of a Vapor Core Reactor Rocket Engine for Space
Propulsion - 1996
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960020451_1996043610.pdf

--
Rusty


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