Lunar Fission Surface Power System Design and Implementation Concept

Journal Article · Fri Jan 20 04:00:00 EST 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2169276· OSTI ID:20798028

Elliott, John O ^[1]; Reh, Kim; MacPherson, Duncan ^[2]

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1. Systems Engineering Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)
2. Prometheus Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States)

At the request of NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) in May of 2005, a team was assembled within the Prometheus Project to investigate lunar surface nuclear power architectures and provide design and implementation concept inputs to NASA's Exploration Systems Architecture 60-day Study (ESAS) team. System engineering tasks were undertaken to investigate the design and implementation of a Fission Surface Power System (FSPS) that could be launched as early as 2019 as part of a possible initial Lunar Base architecture. As a result of this activity, the Prometheus team evaluated a number of design and implementation concepts as well as a significant number of trades associated with lunar surface power, all culminating in a recommended approach. This paper presents the results of that study, including a recommended FSPS design and implementation concept.

• OSTI ID: 20798028
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 813; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DESIGN
FISSION
IMPLEMENTATION
MOON
NASA
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR POWER
POWER GENERATION
POWER SYSTEMS
REACTORS