Asri-unix.1286
net.space
utzoo!decvax!cca!Lynn.ES@PARC-MAXC@sri-unix
Thu Apr 22 09:13:47 1982
Re: Nuclear Power in Space
I don't know about any plans NASA had for nuclear propulsion, but all missions
past Mars (2 Pioneers and 2 Voyagers) have had nuclear electric power.  This is
the only way we know to generate continuous power for periods of years that far
from the sun.  There is some treaty restriction on nuclear stuff in space,
however, since an LA Times article about the MX in space said that it appeared
that it would violate the treaty.
/Don Lynn