KEY TECH ISSUE NEEDS WORK
Alan Strom in a letter recommended that NASA consider using a hybrid nuclear-thermal/nuclear-electric approach to prevent the need for radiators (AW&ST June 21, p. 8). Although I suspect this approach leads to a reduction of the total system specific impulse (Isp) down to unacceptable levels, his...
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