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- From: ejhof@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Hoffman Eric J.SDO 5186 )
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: RTG's on the Lunar Module
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 13:43:02 -0600
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- Those interested in RTGs on the Moon and elsewhere in space
- may want to chase down a copy of:
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- "Atomic Power in Space: a History"
- U.S. Department of Energy DOE/NE/32117-H1
- March 1987
-
- This 180 pp paperback book deals with the entire history of
- nuclear powered spacecraft and experiments, beginning with the
- first nuclear-powered satellite, the Johns Hopkins Applied
- Physics Laboratory's TRANSIT 4A for the Navy. The coverage is
- mostly U.S. history, with some Soviet information. The lunar
- ALSEP RTGs are discussed. Plutonium fuel took various forms over
- the years: metal, cermet, and oxide.
-
- I found my copy in a used book store, but it says inside that
- copies can be obtained from:
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- National Technical Information Service
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- Springfield, Virginia 22161
-
- -- Eric Hoffman
- JHU/APL Space Department
-