Scientific and terrestrial benefits of the space exploration initiative

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Jan 1991

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Proceedings of the eighth symposium on space nuclear power system. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 217, pp. 234-239 (1991).

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Lunar, Planetary, And Deep-Space Probes, Fusion Reactors

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A number of advanced nuclear technologies may be best developed in space. By virtue of its ultrahigh vacuum, space would be a good laboratory for nuclear fusion research, with the potential to provide a clean, abundant energy supply for space power, propulsion, and terrestrial applications. Inertial confinement fusion targets can be fabricated with better sphericity and uniformity in a zero-gravity environment. The lunar soil may be mined for helium-3, a potentially important fusion fuel. Advanced accelerator research and antimatter research may best be done on the remote surface of the Moon, with its free ultrahigh vacuum. Nuclear astronomy, measuring x-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays, and neutrons, can best be done in space, where distortion by the Earth's atmosphere is avoided.

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