Asri-unix.1286 net.space utzoo!decvax!cca!Lynn.ES@PARC-MAXC@sri-unix Thu Apr 22 09:13:47 1982 Re: Nuclear Power in Space I don't know about any plans NASA had for nuclear propulsion, but all missions past Mars (2 Pioneers and 2 Voyagers) have had nuclear electric power. This is the only way we know to generate continuous power for periods of years that far from the sun. There is some treaty restriction on nuclear stuff in space, however, since an LA Times article about the MX in space said that it appeared that it would violate the treaty. /Don Lynn ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.