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Breaking the nuclear taboo

Nature volume 410, page 626 (2001)Cite this article

Despite public fears, nuclear-powered spacecraft are back on the agenda. Tony Reichhardt looks into the latest plans for planetary exploration.

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Reichhardt, T. Breaking the nuclear taboo. Nature 410, 626 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35070668

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