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Archivo:Ion Engine Test Firing - GPN-2000-000482.jpg Nuclear reactors could be used to power ion engines such as this one used on Deep Space 1.

Project Prometheus was established in 2003 by NASA to develop nuclear-powered systems for long-duration space missions. This was NASA's first serious foray into nuclear spacecraft propulsion since the cancellation of the NERVA project in 1972. The project was cancelled in 2005.

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• Related: NERVA, Nuclear fission, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, Project Rover, Gerald Feinberg

NASA space propulsion and mission analysis office NASA space propulsion and mission analysis office trajectory.grc.nasa.gov/projects/ntp/index.shtml - Web

BBC audio programme about Project Prometheus BBC audio programme about Project Prometheus www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/projectprometheus.shtml - Web

982-R120461, PROMETHEUS PROJECT FINAL REPORT 982-R120461, PROMETHEUS PROJECT FINAL REPORT www.everyspec.com/.../ - Web

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Project Prometheus-related items in the Naval Reac... Project Prometheus-related items in the Naval Reactors History Database navalreactorshistorydb.info:8080/.../search?f1-subject=Project%20Prometheus - Web

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