Step-by-step Realization of the International Nuclear Power and Propulsion System (INPPS) Mission
- Paper number
IAC-15,C4,7-C3.5,1,x30696
- Author
Dr. Frank Jansen, DLR (German Aerospace Center), Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Waldemar Bauer, DLR (German Aerospace Center), Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Frederic Masson, CNES, France
- Coauthor
Mr. Jean-Marc Ruault, CNES, France
- Coauthor
Dr. Jean-Claude Worms, European Science Foundation (ESF), France
- Coauthor
Dr. Emmanouil Detsis, European Science Foundation (ESF), France
- Coauthor
Mr. Francois Lassoudiere, Airbus Safran Launchers, France
- Coauthor
Mr. Richard Granjon, Sagem Defence and Security, France
- Coauthor
Dr. Enrico Gaia, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
- Coauthor
Ms. Simona Ferraris, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Maria Cristina Tosi, Thales Alenia Space, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Anatoly Koroteev, Keldysh Research Center, Russian Federation
- Coauthor
Dr. Alexander V. Semenkin, Keldych Research Centre, Russian Federation
- Coauthor
Dr. Alexander Solodukhin, Keldych Research Centre, Russian Federation
- Coauthor
Mr. Tim Tinsley, National Nuclear Laboratory, United Kingdom
- Coauthor
Ms. Zara Hodgson, National Nuclear Laboratory, United Kingdom
- Coauthor
Dr. Lamartine Nogueira Frutuoso Guimaraes, Instituto de Estudos Avancados, Brazil
- Year
2015
- Abstract
The European Commission (EC) funded project DEMOCRITOS (2015-2017, see under democritos.esf.org) will be primary focused to test benches of ground, core and space demonstrators as well as the design and assembly of the mega-watt class International Nuclear Power and Propulsion System (INPPS). Insofar - by means of EC DEMOCRITOS project - it is already started the implementations of INPPS in the 2020-2030+ timeframe. DEMOCRITOS consortium members are from Europe, Russia and Brazil as a guest observer. In addition programmatic, organizational and funding aspects for international cooperation related to INPPS realization are included in DEMOCRITOS project. INPPS is comparable with Apollo and ISS. Therefore workshops invitations to international partners for participation on INPPS flagship for worldwide economic and technology growth as well as for peaceful space exploration of mankind are elucidated. Moreover DEMOCRITOS project is based on EC funded MEGAHIT (2013-2014) and DiPoP (2011-2013) projects related to nuclear electric propulsion. Because of these project results - accepted by EC -, the MEGAHIT high power roadmap (www.megahit-eu.org) and the low power nuclear DiPoP (www.DiPoP.eu) – including nuclear electric propulsion missions to Moon, Mars, Europa or Apophis - will be sketched too.
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