Tag: Pluto
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NIAC Pluto mission talk now available online
The link to the NIAC talk on the Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander.
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NIAC Orientation
I had a great time at the NIAC orientation in Washington DC last week, where I got “mugged” with program manager Jason Derleth: The meeting was at the Museum of the American Indian, which was a great venue with so much beautiful art to see, and a cafe featuring unusual native foods from across America…
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Rutgers Engineering Honors Council Keynote Speaker Event
Mike Paluszek gave a talk on the Pluto Orbiter mission to the Rutgers Engineering Honors Council Keynote Speaker Event on March 22, 2016. The talk covered the mission and spacecraft and outlined the design process. Mike also discussed engineering careers and how to make the most of one’s own career. From a member of the…
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Pluto Orbiter – the Next Step after New Horizons
The spectacular success of the NASA New Horizons mission has led to many new discoveries about Pluto. The next step would be to send an orbiter. That isn’t easy to do with chemical propulsion but could be done with Direct Fusion Drive. We’ve done a preliminary mission analysis for a Pluto orbital mission. We are…