Abstract
There has been recent interest by NASA and DOE in establishing early flight missions using Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) that would provide a valuable science return and also the catalyst needed to build confidence in using NEP for subsequent enabling missions. The hardware and test accomplishments of the SP‐100 program since it was initiated in 1986 have been substantial and have been reported in the IECEC proceedings (Josloff 1992). A low‐mass Space Reactor Power System (SRPS) will enable a variety of missions that could not otherwise be accomplished using solar power systems. The major question that is often posed is: “When will these reactor‐based systems be available and what will be their performance attributes?”
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