Prometheus Nuclear Program Achieves Milestone

Posted by tourdemars to Technology at November 20, 2003 12:00 PM

NASA's Project Prometheus received a gentle nudge toward reality, courtesy of the first successful test of a High Power Electric Propulsion (HiPEP) ion engine. The event marked the first in a series of performance tests to demonstrate new high-velocity and high-power thrust needed for use in nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) spacecraft.