Congress authorized NASA's Prometheus Project in February 2003, with the first Prometheus mission slated to explore the icy moons of Jupiter with the following main objectives: (1) Develop a nuclear reactor that would provide unprecedented levels of power and show that it could be processed safely and operated reliably in space for long-duration. (2) Explore the three icy moons of Jupiter -- Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa -- and return science data that would meet the scientific goals as set forth in the Decadal Survey Report of the National Academy of Sciences.


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    Title :

    Overview of the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) Mission, Environments, and Materials Challenges


    Contributors:
    D. Edwards (author)

    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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