Thomas Randolph, Ryan Dougherty, Steven R. Oleson, Douglas Fiehler, Neil Dipprey
Abstract
The proposed Prometheus 1 mission is an ambitious plan to orbit and explore the Jovian moons of Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa. Such an ambitious mission is enabled by the first interplanetary nuclear electric propulsion (EP) system.
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The proposed Prometheus 1 mission is an ambitious plan to orbit and explore the Jovian moons of Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa. Such an ambitious mission is enabled by the first interplanetary nuclear electric propulsion (EP) system.
Key concepts: Interplanetary spaceflight, Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, Astrobiology, Propulsion, Jovian, Spacecraft, Aerospace engineering, In-space propulsion technologies