Thursday, December 24, 2015

U.S. Demonstrates Production Of Fuel For Missions To The Solar System And Beyond

U.S. Demonstrates Production Of Fuel For Missions To The Solar System And Beyond
By U.S. Department of Energy, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 5:00 PM
NASA's Orion Spacecraft Launches Unmanned Test Flight
The first U.S. production in nearly 30 years of a specialized fuel to power future deep space missions has been completed by researchers at the Department of Energy‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. The production of 50 grams of plutonium-238 –roughly the mass of a golf ball – marks the first demonstration in… Keep reading →http://breakingenergy.com/2015/12/23/u-s-demonstrates-production-of-fuel-for-missions-to-the-solar-system-and-beyond/?utm_campaign=Breaking+Energy+Daily+Digest&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=24859741&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8AQqa6htapEvqWniqPK461yK6EhFanKKMoABsAh9TjpLBuhN10gr217jcuQGgTRSWofhdJU8dJyNdTFFCoqNFNtrbNEg&_hsmi=24859741

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