NASA, Los Alamos researchers test new space nuclear power system

NASA, Los Alamos researchers test new space nuclear power system Examiner.com 26 release by the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, NASA and Department of Energy researchers have tested a new type of nuclear power system that could provide energy for future spacecraft and even, if scaled up, bases and colonies on the surface of other ...http://www.examiner.com/article/nasa-los-alamos-researchers-test-new-space-nuclear-power-system Reconfigured n−reactors can power space flights Business Standard - ‎ Current space missions use power supplies that generate as much electricity as one or two light bulbs. The availability of more power could boost the speed with which mission data is transmitted back to Earth. The Los Alamos team recently showed how a ... Proposed nuclear reactor could power future space flights CNN (blog) - ‎ For potential power sources on space flights beyond the horizon, scientists are looking back to the future. A team of NASA and Department of Energy researchers has shown that a reliable nuclear reactor based on technology that's been around for decades ... DOE, NASA testing fission reactor for spaceflight CNET - ‎ This uranium-based reactor would use nuclear fission energy to power small spacecraft and possibly installations on Mars. Tim Hornyak. by Tim Hornyak. November 26, 2012 6:36 PM PST Follow @robotopia. (Credit: Screenshot by Tim Hornyak/CNET) ... Researchers Developing New Method For Nuclear Power On Spaceships RTT News - Researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory say they may be close to perfecting a method to bring nuclear power to space ships. The team recently concluded experiments in which they used heat pipe technology to power a small reactor and a ... Scientists test novel power system for space travel (w/ video) Phys.Org - ‎Nov 26, 2012‎ John Bounds of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Nuclear Technology Division makes final adjustments on the DUFF experiment, a demonstration of a simple, robust fission reactor prototype that could be used as a power system for space travel.

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