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The Transit Program and the Origins of Nuclear Power Systems for Spaceflight
Since the dawn of the space age more than 50 years ago, the United States has pursued a variety of methods for delivering electrical power to spacecraft in flight. Nuclear power systems are the only ones that have been found … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Space
Tagged 1960s, Applied Physics Laboratory, Atomic Energy Commission, cold war, Department of Defense, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Glenn Seaborg, History, international relations, John Dassoulas, John F. Kennedy, johns hopkins university, politics, presidential power, radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG), science, space science, Transit 4a, Transit 4b
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