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  • 1Nuclear propulsion — includes a wide variety of propulsion methods that fulfil the promise of the Atomic Age by using some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source. Contents 1 Surface ships and submarines 2 Cars 3 Aircraft …

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  • 2Nuclear marine propulsion — is propulsion of a ship by a nuclear reactor. Naval nuclear propulsion is propulsion that specifically refers to naval warships (see Nuclear navy). Only a very few experimental civil nuclear ships have been built; the elimination of fossil fuel… …

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  • 3Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …

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  • 4Nuclear pulse propulsion — An artist s conception of the Project Orion basic spacecraft, powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Nuclear pulse propulsion (or External Pulsed Plasma Propulsion, as it is termed in one recent NASA document[1]) is a proposed method of spacecraft… …

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  • 5Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …

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  • 6nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …

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  • 7Nuclear aircraft — This article is about Aircraft nuclear propulsion. For the US Air Force program, see Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion. For the crystallographic feature known as an atomic plane, see crystallography. A nuclear aircraft is an aircraft powered by nuclear …

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  • 8Spacecraft of the Space Odyssey series — Numerous fictional spacecraft are seen and mentioned in the Space Odyssey series.Aries 1b The Aries Ib is a spacecraft seen in the film and mentioned in the novel . It is a ball shaped lunar lander built for providing regular passenger commuting… …

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  • 9Spacecraft in the Honorverse — This article is about the different types of spacecraft which appear in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by American author David Weber, which feature Honor Harrington as its main character. Introduction The… …

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  • 10Nuclear triad — Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing Effects Delivery Espionage …

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