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References
[1] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/fact-sheet
[2] https://www.alumni.caltech.edu/distinguished-alumni/2018/5/27/gary-flandro-ms60-phd67
[3] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status
[4] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission
[5] space.com/11337-human-spaceflight-records-50th-anniversary.html
[6] mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/night-sky/close-approach
[7] Rocket Propulsion Elements
[8] nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/fs21grc.html
[9] arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.B34291
[10] jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-dawn-spacecraft-fires-past-record-for-speed-change
[11] nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2020/the-propulsion-we-re-supplying-it-s-electrifying
[12] nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/game_changing_development/Nuclear_Thermal_Propulsion_Deep_Space_Exploration
[13] space.com/nuclear-thermal-space-propulsion-momentum-grows.html
[14] lanl.gov/science/NSS/issue1_2011/story5full.shtml & sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002954931830205X?casa_token=jqEo-O8eywQAAAAA:iTh9b5IBjrEhxVxbgH_M8xYY6HuuFEUoIXgQYCzfyZFguN6WkwPLUHR-bfRV9kN0tw22xSoU#b0160
[15] descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/SciTechBook/series1/Goebel__cmprsd_opt.pdf
[16] nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/nuclear-propulsion-could-help-get-humans-to-mars-faster
[17] http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/sobel/nucphys/pile.html#:~:text=Here%20is%20another%20important%20part,is%20not%20always%20100%20degrees.
[18] core.ac.uk/download/pdf/10557409.pdf
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Credits:
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Animator: Mike Ridolfi
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Fact Checker: Charlie Garcia
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
References
[1] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/frequently-asked-questions/fact-sheet
[2] https://www.alumni.caltech.edu/distinguished-alumni/2018/5/27/gary-flandro-ms60-phd67
[3] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status
[4] voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission
[5] space.com/11337-human-spaceflight-records-50th-anniversary.html
[6] mars.nasa.gov/all-about-mars/night-sky/close-approach
[7] Rocket Propulsion Elements
[8] nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/fs21grc.html
[9] arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.B34291
[10] jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-dawn-spacecraft-fires-past-record-for-speed-change
[11] nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2020/the-propulsion-we-re-supplying-it-s-electrifying
[12] nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/game_changing_development/Nuclear_Thermal_Propulsion_Deep_Space_Exploration
[13] space.com/nuclear-thermal-space-propulsion-momentum-grows.html
[14] lanl.gov/science/NSS/issue1_2011/story5full.shtml & sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002954931830205X?casa_token=jqEo-O8eywQAAAAA:iTh9b5IBjrEhxVxbgH_M8xYY6HuuFEUoIXgQYCzfyZFguN6WkwPLUHR-bfRV9kN0tw22xSoU#b0160
[15] descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/SciTechBook/series1/Goebel__cmprsd_opt.pdf
[16] nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/nuclear-propulsion-could-help-get-humans-to-mars-faster
[17] http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/sobel/nucphys/pile.html#:~:text=Here%20is%20another%20important%20part,is%20not%20always%20100%20degrees.
[18] core.ac.uk/download/pdf/10557409.pdf
Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage.
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Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung
