Nuclear Electric Propulsion : Assessing the Design of Project Prometheus
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Submitted to the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ASSANUSETTS INS E OF TECHNOLOGy June 2013 JUL 1 6 2013 k LBRA RIES Martin Goycoolea. All rights reserved @ The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter.
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