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FEBRUARY 20, 2006 24/7 News Coverage our time will build eternity
Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 30, 2006
As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wends its way on a nine-year journey toward Pluto and the outer solar system, at least one expert wonders why such missions need to take so long.


   
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  • NASA plans to send new robot to Jupiter
    Washington (UPI) March 29, 2004
    NASA's new strategy for sending humans back to the moon or onward to Mars includes employing a race of advanced robots -- some of which will be tested within five years -- on interplanetary jaunts to the farthest locations in the solar system.

    Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission
    Albuquerque - Feb 11, 2004
    A planned U.S. mission to investigate three ice-covered moons of Jupiter will demand fast-paced research, fabrication and realistic non-nuclear testing of a prototype nuclear reactor within two years, says a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist.

    Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program
    Chicago - Sep 25, 2003
    Boeing has selected Dr. Joe Mills to lead the company's effort on the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) program, part of a NASA initiative to develop nuclear power and electric propulsion technologies to revolutionize space exploration.

    Boeing-Led Team to Study Nuclear-Powered Space Systems
    Chicago - Aug 01, 2003
    NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has awarded a contract to a Boeing-led team to study deep space propulsion systems for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission, scheduled to launch no earlier than 2011.

    Boeing To Build Space-borne Power Generator
    St. Louis - Jul 03, 2003
    Boeing has been named by the Department of Energy (DOE) to lead in the creation of a next-generation power system for future Mars surface missions and the exploration of deep space.

    New High-Purity Plutonium Sources Produced At Los Alamos
    New Orleans - Mar 25, 2003
    For the first time since 1987, new high-purity plutonium sources for use as primary analytical chemistry standards have been produced at Los Alamos National Laboratory using a new extrusion method developed at the Laboratory.


       
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